Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 17% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and getting smaller. The 25 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 17 June 2036 at 01:03.
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 ∠1878"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1878" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2036 after 17 days on 8 July 2036 at 11:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 24 June 2036 at 03:09
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 30 June 2036 at 18:13
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 8 July 2036 at 11:19
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 16 July 2036 at 14:39
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 450 / 1403
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 450 of Meeus index or 1403 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 53 minutes. It is 46 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 51 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 18 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠318.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠318.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠338.2°.
Moon before apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 13 June 2036 at 05:06 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 25 June 2036 at 10:31 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 381 688 km
The Moon is 381 688 km (237 170 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 947 km (223 661 mi).
Moon before ascending node
6 days after descending node on 13 June 2036 at 20:47 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 27 June 2036 at 02:46 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, 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 10 June 2036 at 13:44 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.888°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.895° at the point of next northern standstill on 24 June 2036 at 13:24 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 24 June 2036 at 03:09 in ♋ Cancer 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.
