Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 39% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 39% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 31 May 2062 at 10:44.
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 ∠23° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1836"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1836" and ∠1892".
Strawberry Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2062 after 20 days on 21 June 2062 at 21:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 7 June 2062 at 11:12
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 14 June 2062 at 01:53
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 21 June 2062 at 21:43
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 29 June 2062 at 23:54
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 771 / 1724
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 771 of Meeus index or 1724 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 771 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 49 minutes. It is 1 hour and 8 minutes longer than next lunation 772 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 14 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠325.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠325.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠343.6°. 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 after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 27 May 2062 at 00:01 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 June 2062 at 10:43 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 390 439 km
Moon is 390 439 km (242 608 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 773 km (222 931 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♓ Pisces at 21:30 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 14 June 2062 at 09:08 in ♍ Virgo.
New draconic month
At 21:30 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 25 May 2062 at 13:58 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.459°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.432° in the next northern standstill on 8 June 2062 at 07:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 7 June 2062 at 11:12 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.