Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 28% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 28% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 26 June 2008 at 12:10.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1954"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1954" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2008 after 19 days on 18 July 2008 at 07:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 3 July 2008 at 02:19
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 10 July 2008 at 04:35
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 18 July 2008 at 07:59
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 25 July 2008 at 18:42
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 104 / 1057
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 104 of Meeus index or 1057 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.29 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 56 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2008. It is 58 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠4.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠4.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠20.1°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 16 June 2008 at 17:33 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 July 2008 at 21:22 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 366 776 km
The Moon is 366 776 km (227 904 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 513 km (223 391 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 22 June 2008 at 23:17 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 5 July 2008 at 15:53 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
5 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 18 June 2008 at 09:08 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.510°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.541° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 July 2008 at 21:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 3 July 2008 at 02:19 in ♋ Cancer 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.
