Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 14% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 14% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
Moon phases for next 7 days
Sunday Sun
Monday Mon
Tuesday Tue
Wednesday Wed
Thursday Thu
Friday Fri
Saturday Sat
Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 25 April 2068 at 02:30.
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 ∠25° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1905".
Flower Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2068 after 18 days on 17 May 2068 at 05:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 1 May 2068 at 18:07
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 9 May 2068 at 04:47
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 17 May 2068 at 05:35
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 24 May 2068 at 08:00
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 844 / 1797
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 844 of Meeus index or 1797 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
Length of current 844 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 16 minutes. It is 40 minutes shorter than next lunation 845 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 41 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠19.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠19.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠39.5°. 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 before perigee
15 days after point of apogee on 13 April 2068 at 09:52 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 29 April 2068 at 06:56 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 363 657 km
Moon is 363 657 km (225 966 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 942 km (226 143 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 20 April 2068 at 08:25 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 3 May 2068 at 04:02 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 21 April 2068 at 14:15 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.479°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.452° in the next northern standstill on 4 May 2068 at 08:19 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 1 May 2068 at 18:07 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.