Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 21% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 21% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 4 August 2018 at 18:18.
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 ∠20° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1950"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1950" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2018 after 18 days on 26 August 2018 at 11:56.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 11 August 2018 at 09:58
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 18 August 2018 at 07:49
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 August 2018 at 11:56
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 3 September 2018 at 02:37
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 229 / 1182
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 229 of Meeus index or 1182 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 10 minutes. It is 54 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 34 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 35 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠356°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠356°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠11.2°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 27 July 2018 at 05:44 in ♑ Capricorn. 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 10 August 2018 at 18:05 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 367 566 km
The Moon is 367 566 km (228 395 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 083 km (222 502 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 27 July 2018 at 22:40 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 10 August 2018 at 13:40 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 25 July 2018 at 20:55 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.755°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠20.757° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 August 2018 at 22:33 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 11 August 2018 at 09:58 in ♌ Leo 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.
