Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 5% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 12 May 2042 at 19:18.
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 is entering ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1965"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1897".
Strawberry Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2042 after 17 days on 3 June 2042 at 20:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 19 May 2042 at 10:55
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 26 May 2042 at 18:18
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 3 June 2042 at 20:48
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 11 June 2042 at 01:00
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 523 / 1476
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 523 of Meeus index or 1476 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
Length of current 523 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 36 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2042. It is 17 minutes shorter than next lunation 524 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 9 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 1 minute longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠15.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠15.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠33.6°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 09:30, this is 15 days after last apogee on 1 May 2042 at 15:06 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 11 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 29 May 2042 at 07:12 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 362 606 km
This perigee Moon is 362 606 km (225 313 mi) away from Earth. It is 98 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 7 750 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 06:49 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 31 May 2042 at 00:41 in ♏ Scorpio.
New draconic month
At 06:49 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 9 May 2042 at 06:02 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.181°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.143° in the next northern standstill on 21 May 2042 at 23:31 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 19 May 2042 at 10:55 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.