Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 15% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 15% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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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 30 April 2035 at 16:54.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♈ Aries later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1885"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1885" and ∠1903".
Flower Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2035 after 17 days on 22 May 2035 at 04:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 7 May 2035 at 20:04
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 14 May 2035 at 10:28
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 May 2035 at 04:26
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 30 May 2035 at 07:31
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 436 / 1389
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 436 of Meeus index or 1389 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
Length of current 436 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 6 minutes. It is 1 hour and 49 minutes longer than next lunation 437 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 38 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 31 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠318.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠318.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠338.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of apogee on 26 April 2035 at 22:33 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 9 May 2035 at 03:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 380 253 km
Moon is 380 253 km (236 278 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 785 km (223 560 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 3 May 2035 at 06:54 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 15 May 2035 at 19:31 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 27 April 2035 at 17:20 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.609°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.691° in the next northern standstill on 10 May 2035 at 23:59 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 7 May 2035 at 20:04 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.