Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
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 ♉ 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 16 July 2017 at 19:26.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1961"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1961" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2017 after 20 days on 7 August 2017 at 18:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 23 July 2017 at 09:46
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 30 July 2017 at 15:23
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 7 August 2017 at 18:11
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 15 August 2017 at 01:15
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 216 / 1169
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 216 of Meeus index or 1169 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
Length of current 216 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 15 minutes. It is 1 hour and 30 minutes shorter than next lunation 217 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 29 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 40 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠11°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠11°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠27.9°. 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 before perigee
12 days after point of apogee on 6 July 2017 at 04:27 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 July 2017 at 17:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 365 588 km
Moon is 365 588 km (227 166 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 238 km (224 463 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after its descending node on 12 July 2017 at 05:17 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 25 July 2017 at 00:46 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 8 July 2017 at 10:49 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.440°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.413° in the next northern standstill on 21 July 2017 at 22:11 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 23 July 2017 at 09:46 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.