Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 12% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and getting smaller. The 26 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 27 April 2046 at 23:30.
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 ∠2° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1770"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1903".
Flower Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2046 after 17 days on 20 May 2046 at 03:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 6 May 2046 at 02:56
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 13 May 2046 at 10:25
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 20 May 2046 at 03:15
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 27 May 2046 at 17:06
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 572 / 1525
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 572 of Meeus index or 1525 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 4 minutes. It is 2 hours and 38 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 20 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 43 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠209.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠209.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠239.2°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 1 May 2046 at 03:41 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 16 May 2046 at 23:31 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 404 900 km
The Moon is 404 900 km (251 593 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 14 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 910 km (227 366 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 28 April 2046 at 02:09 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 12 May 2046 at 07:55 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 24 April 2046 at 09:26 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.852°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.750° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 May 2046 at 23:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 6 May 2046 at 02:56 in ♉ Taurus 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.
