Waning
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Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 11% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 11% and getting smaller. The 26 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 18 April 2055 at 18:35.
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 ∠25° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1908".
Flower Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2055 after 17 days on 11 May 2055 at 02:31.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 26 April 2055 at 23:17
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 4 May 2055 at 11:10
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 11 May 2055 at 02:31
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 18 May 2055 at 11:30
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 683 / 1636
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 683 of Meeus index or 1636 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
Length of current 683 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 36 minutes longer than next lunation 684 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 32 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 31 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠194.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠194.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠221.6°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 01:56, this is 12 days after last perigee on 10 April 2055 at 17:08 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 8 May 2055 at 21:10 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 405 780 km
This apogee Moon is 405 780 km (252 140 mi) away from Earth. It is 372 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 929 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
3 days after its descending node on 20 April 2055 at 05:33 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 4 May 2055 at 12:19 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 17 April 2055 at 06:08 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.056°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.193° in the next northern standstill on 1 May 2055 at 22:10 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 26 April 2055 at 23:17 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.