Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
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 ♈ Aries.
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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 3 July 2067 at 17:02.
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 passing about ∠23° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1902"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1902" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2067 after 21 days on 26 July 2067 at 09:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 11 July 2067 at 11:16
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 19 July 2067 at 13:59
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 26 July 2067 at 09:58
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 2 August 2067 at 01:51
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 834 / 1787
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 834 of Meeus index or 1787 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 35 minutes. It is 45 minutes shorter 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 51 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 12 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠132.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠132.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠159.9°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 28 June 2067 at 09:11 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 July 2067 at 14:29 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 376 944 km
The Moon is 376 944 km (234 222 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 361 km (252 501 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 26 June 2067 at 02:38 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 9 July 2067 at 01:59 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 25 June 2067 at 22:32 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.109°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠23.104° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 July 2067 at 21:14 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 11 July 2067 at 11:16 in ♋ Cancer 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.
