Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 5% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and getting smaller. The 27 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 5 April 2059 at 18:46.
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 ∠24° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1915".
Pink Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2059 after 17 days on 27 April 2059 at 19:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 12 April 2059 at 09:28
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 19 April 2059 at 16:37
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 27 April 2059 at 19:17
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 5 May 2059 at 01:29
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 732 / 1685
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 732 of Meeus index or 1685 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
Length of current 732 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 23 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2059. It is 24 minutes shorter than next lunation 733 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 21 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 48 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠12.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠12.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠30°. 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 13:47, this is 15 days after last apogee on 25 March 2059 at 20:15 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 22 April 2059 at 12:03 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 361 666 km
This perigee Moon is 361 666 km (224 729 mi) away from Earth. It is 842 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 8 690 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 2 April 2059 at 02:16 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 14 April 2059 at 19:11 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
22 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 5 April 2059 at 06:01 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.541°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.607° in the next northern standstill on 17 April 2059 at 23:41 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 12 April 2059 at 09:28 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.