Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 40% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 40% 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 27 June 2073 at 11:12.
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 ∠19° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2073 after 20 days on 19 July 2073 at 05:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 5 July 2073 at 07:16
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 12 July 2073 at 05:16
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 19 July 2073 at 05:04
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 July 2073 at 04:29
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 908 / 1861
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 908 of Meeus index or 1861 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
Length of current 908 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 25 minutes. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes longer than next lunation 909 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 19 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 50 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠250°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠250°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠284.5°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 01:09, this is 12 days after last perigee on 15 June 2073 at 21:26 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 11 July 2073 at 07:01 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 404 196 km
This apogee Moon is 404 196 km (251 156 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's closest apogee of 2073. It is 1 212 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 145 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 23 June 2073 at 19:45 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 8 July 2073 at 01:28 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
17 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 20 June 2073 at 11:20 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.607°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.610° in the next northern standstill on 4 July 2073 at 22:14 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 5 July 2073 at 07:16 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.