Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 6% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 3 May 2070 at 13:11.
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 ∠21° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1943"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1943" and ∠1901".
Flower Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2070 after 16 days on 25 May 2070 at 01:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 10 May 2070 at 11:08
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 17 May 2070 at 02:30
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 25 May 2070 at 01:37
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 2 June 2070 at 01:26
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 869 / 1822
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 869 of Meeus index or 1822 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 38 minutes. It is 1 hour and 22 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠333.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠333.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠350.2°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 28 April 2070 at 06:11 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 11 May 2070 at 01:00 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 368 853 km
The Moon is 368 853 km (229 195 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 790 km (222 320 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♈ Aries at 19:39 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 21 May 2070 at 18:54 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 29 April 2070 at 10:16 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.761°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.793° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 May 2070 at 15:52 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 10 May 2070 at 11:08 in ♉ Taurus 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.
