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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 2 April 2043 at 18:56.
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 ∠1° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1945"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1945" and ∠1916".
Pink Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2043 after 15 days on 24 April 2043 at 07:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 9 April 2043 at 19:06
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 16 April 2043 at 10:09
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 24 April 2043 at 07:23
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 2 May 2043 at 08:59
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 534 / 1487
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 534 of Meeus index or 1487 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 42 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 2 hours and 47 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 22 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠327.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠327.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠345.1°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 29 March 2043 at 05:28 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 10 April 2043 at 16:14 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 368 504 km
The Moon is 368 504 km (228 978 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 473 km (222 745 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after descending node on 25 March 2043 at 21:58 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 9 April 2043 at 01:17 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 1 April 2043 at 21:04 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.660°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.638° at the point of next northern standstill on 14 April 2043 at 15:23 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 9 April 2043 at 19:06 in ♈ Aries 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.
