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
Length of current 869 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 38 minutes. It is 1 hour and 22 minutes longer than next lunation 870 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 3 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠333.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠333.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠350.2°. 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 perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 28 April 2070 at 06:11 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 11 May 2070 at 01:00 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 368 853 km
Moon is 368 853 km (229 195 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 790 km (222 320 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♈ Aries at 19:39 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 21 May 2070 at 18:54 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 29 April 2070 at 10:16 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.761°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.793° in the next northern standstill on 12 May 2070 at 15:52 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 10 May 2070 at 11:08 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.