Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 14% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 14% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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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 20 April 2044 at 11:48.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1862"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1862" and ∠1907".
Flower Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2044 after 17 days on 12 May 2044 at 00:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 27 April 2044 at 19:42
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 4 May 2044 at 10:28
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 12 May 2044 at 00:16
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 May 2044 at 04:02
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 547 / 1500
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 547 of Meeus index or 1500 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 547 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 19 minutes longer than next lunation 548 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 41 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠304.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠304.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠328.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
6 days after point of apogee on 17 April 2044 at 20:46 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 29 April 2044 at 18:30 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 384 943 km
Moon is 384 943 km (239 192 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 200 km (225 061 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♓ Pisces at 08:06 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 6 May 2044 at 23:24 in ♍ Virgo.
New draconic month
At 08:06 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 17 April 2044 at 18:10 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.526°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.450° in the next northern standstill on 1 May 2044 at 05:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 27 April 2044 at 19:42 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.