Waning
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 16% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 10 April 2091 at 18:45.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1792"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1792" and ∠1913".
Flower Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2091 after 18 days on 3 May 2091 at 09:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 18 April 2091 at 21:20
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 26 April 2091 at 18:20
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 3 May 2091 at 09:46
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 10 May 2091 at 08:36
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 1128 / 2081
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1128 of Meeus index or 2081 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
Length of current 1128 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 34 minutes. It is 1 hour and 47 minutes longer than next lunation 1129 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 50 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 13 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠165.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠165.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠189.5°. 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 before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 4 April 2091 at 03:26 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 17 April 2091 at 19:25 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 400 026 km
Moon is 400 026 km (248 565 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 548 km (252 617 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♓ Pisces at 19:58 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet ascending node on 29 April 2091 at 04:04 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 9 April 2091 at 13:20 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.596°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.701° in the next northern standstill on 24 April 2091 at 07:29 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 18 April 2091 at 21:20 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.