Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 34% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 34% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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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 30 May 2100 at 19:35.
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 is entering ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1781"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1781" and ∠1892".
Strawberry Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2100 after 20 days on 22 June 2100 at 01:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 7 June 2100 at 23:31
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 15 June 2100 at 09:41
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 22 June 2100 at 01:11
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 29 June 2100 at 11:52
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 1241 / 2194
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 1241 of Meeus index or 2194 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 38 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 54 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 9 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠200.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠200.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠227.5°.
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of perigee on 22 May 2100 at 11:04 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 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 3 June 2100 at 17:09 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 402 542 km
The Moon is 402 542 km (250 128 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 537 km (251 989 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 31 May 2100 at 02:55 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 14 June 2100 at 11:14 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 25 May 2100 at 09:50 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.230°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.177° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 June 2100 at 18:51 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 7 June 2100 at 23:31 in ♊ Gemini 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.
