Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 29% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 29% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 22 June 2049 at 09:41.
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 ♈ Aries
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♉ Taurus later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1866"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1866" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2049 after 20 days on 15 July 2049 at 02:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 30 June 2049 at 04:50
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 8 July 2049 at 07:10
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 15 July 2049 at 02:29
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 21 July 2049 at 18:48
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 611 / 1564
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 611 of Meeus index or 1564 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 50 minutes. It is 27 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 6 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 57 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠136.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠136.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠162.9°.
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 16 June 2049 at 22:40 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 2 July 2049 at 01:01 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 384 212 km
The Moon is 384 212 km (238 738 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 409 km (252 531 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 14 June 2049 at 17:59 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 27 June 2049 at 17:38 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 15 June 2049 at 07:58 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.089°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.088° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 June 2049 at 11:03 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 30 June 2049 at 04:50 in ♋ Cancer 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.
