Waning
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 33% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 33% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 14 May 2050 at 00:04.
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 ∠15° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1898".
Strawberry Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2050 after 20 days on 5 June 2050 at 09:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 20 May 2050 at 20:51
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 28 May 2050 at 16:04
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 5 June 2050 at 09:51
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 12 June 2050 at 04:39
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 622 / 1575
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 622 of Meeus index or 1575 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 622 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 25 minutes. It is 1 hour and 6 minutes shorter than next lunation 623 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 50 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠41.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠41.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠69.6°. 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 15:45, this is 15 days after last apogee on 30 April 2050 at 15:11 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 28 May 2050 at 10:12 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 369 166 km
This perigee Moon is 369 166 km (229 389 mi) away from Earth. It is 6 658 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 1 190 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 7 May 2050 at 06:21 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 May 2050 at 04:46 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 9 May 2050 at 09:11 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.489°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.496° in the next northern standstill on 22 May 2050 at 07:13 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 20 May 2050 at 20:51 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.