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Moon* ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 1% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 23 April 2060 at 18:53.
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 ∠3° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♉ Taurus later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1905".
Flower Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2060 after 16 days on 15 May 2060 at 13:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 30 April 2060 at 10:11
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 7 May 2060 at 09:19
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 15 May 2060 at 13:39
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 23 May 2060 at 03:01
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 745 / 1698
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 745 of Meeus index or 1698 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 33 minutes. It is 20 minutes longer 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 11 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 58 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠358.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠358.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠13.7°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 14:53. It is 14 days after previous apogee on 14 April 2060 at 20:02 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next apogee on 12 May 2060 at 04:06 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 358 297 km
This perigee Moon is 358 297 km (222 635 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 211 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 12 059 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 16 April 2060 at 20:33 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 30 April 2060 at 05:58 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 21 April 2060 at 15:27 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.732°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.728° at the point of next northern standstill on 4 May 2060 at 05:51 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 30 April 2060 at 10:11 in ♉ Taurus 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.
