Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 16% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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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 1 May 2062 at 18:33.
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 leaving the last ∠2° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♈ Aries later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1850"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1850" and ∠1902".
Flower Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2062 after 17 days on 23 May 2062 at 07:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 9 May 2062 at 03:22
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 15 May 2062 at 18:17
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 23 May 2062 at 07:03
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 31 May 2062 at 10:44
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 770 / 1723
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 770 of Meeus index or 1723 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
Length of current 770 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 6 minutes. It is 2 hours and 17 minutes longer than next lunation 771 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 38 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 31 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠301.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠301.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠325.7°. 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 before perigee
6 days after point of apogee on 29 April 2062 at 08:55 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 11 May 2062 at 06:10 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 387 514 km
Moon is 387 514 km (240 790 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 785 km (225 424 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♓ Pisces at 16:29 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 18 May 2062 at 08:14 in ♍ Virgo.
New draconic month
At 16:29 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 28 April 2062 at 07:22 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.595°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.528° in the next northern standstill on 11 May 2062 at 22:52 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 9 May 2062 at 03:22 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.