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
Length of current 512 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 21 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 minutes shorter than next lunation 513 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 23 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 46 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠88.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠88.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠123.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 17 June 2041 at 11:48 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 3 July 2041 at 06:46 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 377 968 km
Moon is 377 968 km (234 858 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 266 km (251 821 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♉ Taurus at 08:57 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 8 July 2041 at 20:45 in ♏ Scorpio.
New draconic month
At 08:57 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 15 June 2041 at 09:11 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.308°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.286° in the next northern standstill on 28 June 2041 at 10:46 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 28 June 2041 at 11:17 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.