Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 16% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% 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 21 June 2041 at 03:12.
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 ∠16° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1896"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1896" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2041 after 19 days on 13 July 2041 at 19:01.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 28 June 2041 at 11:17
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 6 July 2041 at 14:12
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 13 July 2041 at 19:01
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 20 July 2041 at 09:13
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 512 / 1465
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 512 of Meeus index or 1465 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 21 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 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 23 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 46 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠88.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠88.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠123.4°.
Moon after perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 17 June 2041 at 11:48 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 3 July 2041 at 06:46 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 377 968 km
The Moon is 377 968 km (234 858 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 266 km (251 821 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♉ Taurus at 08:57 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 14 days later on 8 July 2041 at 20:45 in ♏ Scorpio.
New draconic month
At 08:57 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 15 June 2041 at 09:11 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.308°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.286° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 June 2041 at 10:46 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 28 June 2041 at 11:17 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.
