Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 35% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 35% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 8 April 2075 at 03:03.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1948"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1948" and ∠1915".
Pink Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2075 after 21 days on 30 April 2075 at 18:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 15 April 2075 at 08:55
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 23 April 2075 at 11:53
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 30 April 2075 at 18:37
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 7 May 2075 at 09:59
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 930 / 1883
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 930 of Meeus index or 1883 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 31 minutes. It is 56 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 46 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 16 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠76.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠76.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠113.2°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 4 April 2075 at 22:38 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 20 April 2075 at 18:02 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 368 043 km
The Moon is 368 043 km (228 691 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 871 km (251 575 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 8 April 2075 at 04:27 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 April 2075 at 03:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 7 April 2075 at 15:33 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.269°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.404° at the point of next northern standstill on 21 April 2075 at 16:04 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 15 April 2075 at 08:55 in ♈ Aries 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.
