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Moon ♊ Gemini
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Waning Crescent 4% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 25 May 2087 at 10:41.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1892".
Strawberry Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2087 after 16 days on 16 June 2087 at 06:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 1 June 2087 at 01:38
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 8 June 2087 at 02:45
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 June 2087 at 06:58
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 23 June 2087 at 17:33
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 1080 / 2033
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 1080 of Meeus index or 2033 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 1080 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 48 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2087. It is 4 minutes shorter than next lunation 1081 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 56 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 13 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠3.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠3.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠19°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 22:29, this is 15 days after last apogee on 15 May 2087 at 19:24 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 12 June 2087 at 06:07 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 359 346 km
This perigee Moon is 359 346 km (223 287 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 162 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 11 010 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
13 days after its ascending node on 17 May 2087 at 11:58 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 31 May 2087 at 00:23 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
13 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
11 days after previous South standstill on 19 May 2087 at 11:07 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.798°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.809° in the next northern standstill on 1 June 2087 at 14:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 1 June 2087 at 01:38 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.