Waning
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 25% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 25% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 17 April 2066 at 02:23.
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 is entering ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1907"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1907" and ∠1910".
Flower Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2066 after 20 days on 9 May 2066 at 18:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 24 April 2066 at 12:29
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 2 May 2066 at 16:57
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 9 May 2066 at 18:58
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 16 May 2066 at 10:01
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 819 / 1772
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 819 of Meeus index or 1772 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
Length of current 819 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 16 minutes. It is 53 minutes shorter than next lunation 820 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 32 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 31 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠96.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠96.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠132.1°. 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 after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 12 April 2066 at 22:32 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 28 April 2066 at 19:52 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 375 897 km
Moon is 375 897 km (233 572 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 408 km (251 909 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 16 April 2066 at 00:07 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 30 April 2066 at 00:48 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 14 April 2066 at 10:46 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.901°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.799° in the next northern standstill on 28 April 2066 at 05:54 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 24 April 2066 at 12:29 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.