Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 12% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 9 June 2034 at 19:44.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises after midnight to early morning and sets in the afternoon. It is visible in the early morning low to the east.
Moon in ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1889".
Buck Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2034 after 18 days on 1 July 2034 at 17:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 16 June 2034 at 10:26
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 23 June 2034 at 14:35
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 1 July 2034 at 17:44
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 9 July 2034 at 01:59
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 425 / 1378
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 425 of Meeus index or 1378 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 13 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2034. It is 36 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 31 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 38 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠25.4°.
Moon before apogee
14 days after point of apogee on 30 May 2034 at 11:23 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 14 June 2034 at 21:42 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 363 324 km
The Moon is 363 324 km (225 759 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 644 km (224 094 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 10 June 2034 at 13:46 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 June 2034 at 06:36 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 3 June 2034 at 15:58 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.405°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.417° at the point of next northern standstill on 16 June 2034 at 18:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 16 June 2034 at 10:26 in ♊ Gemini the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
