Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 42% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 42% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 20 April 2063 at 14:42.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1909".
Flower Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2063 after 21 days on 12 May 2063 at 13:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 28 April 2063 at 14:52
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 5 May 2063 at 15:20
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 12 May 2063 at 13:11
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 May 2063 at 09:16
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 782 / 1735
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 782 of Meeus index or 1735 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
Length of current 782 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 2 minutes. It is 3 hours and 7 minutes longer than next lunation 783 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 18 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 45 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠234.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠234.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠270.1°. 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 apogee
11 days after point of perigee on 10 April 2063 at 05:55 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 22 April 2063 at 02:01 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 405 258 km
Moon is 405 258 km (251 816 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 422 km (251 296 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 10 April 2063 at 07:03 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 24 April 2063 at 02:28 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days after previous South standstill on 17 April 2063 at 20:52 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.344°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.247° in the next northern standstill on 2 May 2063 at 05:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 28 April 2063 at 14:52 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.