Waning
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 18% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 18% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 4 April 2051 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♓ Pisces later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1947"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1947" and ∠1916".
Pink Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2051 after 18 days on 26 April 2051 at 02:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 11 April 2051 at 01:59
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 17 April 2051 at 22:38
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 26 April 2051 at 02:19
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 3 May 2051 at 19:30
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 633 / 1586
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 633 of Meeus index or 1586 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
Length of current 633 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 7 minutes. It is 37 minutes longer than next lunation 634 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 37 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 32 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠351.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠351.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠6.6°. 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 before perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 27 March 2051 at 12:23 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 April 2051 at 16:35 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 368 115 km
Moon is 368 115 km (228 736 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 337 km (222 039 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 29 March 2051 at 13:32 in ♎ Libra, 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 11 April 2051 at 19:58 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 2 April 2051 at 15:13 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.184°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.160° in the next northern standstill on 15 April 2051 at 05:12 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 11 April 2051 at 01:59 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.