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Moon* ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 26 April 2087 at 00:51.
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 ∠24° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1904".
Flower Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2087 after 16 days on 17 May 2087 at 15:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 2 May 2087 at 17:51
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 9 May 2087 at 13:09
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 17 May 2087 at 15:55
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 25 May 2087 at 10:41
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 1079 / 2032
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1079 of Meeus index or 2032 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
Length of current 1079 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 25 minutes. It is 37 minutes longer than next lunation 1080 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 50 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠347.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠347.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠3.2°. 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
12 days after point of apogee on 18 April 2087 at 16:59 in ♏ Scorpio. 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 2 May 2087 at 13:16 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 363 798 km
Moon is 363 798 km (226 054 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 231 km (221 973 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 20 April 2087 at 05:56 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 3 May 2087 at 13:34 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
11 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 22 April 2087 at 05:30 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.818°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.806° in the next northern standstill on 5 May 2087 at 03:19 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 2 May 2087 at 17:51 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.