Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 31% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 31% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 17 August 2014 at 12:26.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1816"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1816" and ∠1896".
Harvest Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2014 after 20 days on 9 September 2014 at 01:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 25 August 2014 at 14:13
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 2 September 2014 at 11:11
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 9 September 2014 at 01:38
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 16 September 2014 at 02:05
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 180 / 1133
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 180 of Meeus index or 1133 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
Length of current 180 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 31 minutes. It is 30 minutes shorter than next lunation 181 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 47 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 16 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠169.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠169.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠192.1°. 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
8 days after point of perigee on 10 August 2014 at 17:43 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 24 August 2014 at 06:09 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 394 590 km
Moon is 394 590 km (245 187 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 523 km (252 602 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 15 August 2014 at 00:18 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 29 August 2014 at 13:14 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
17 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 22:12 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠18.750°. Next 15 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-18.641° in its southern standstill point on 3 September 2014 at 13:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 25 August 2014 at 14:13 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.