Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 41% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 41% and getting smaller. The 23 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 20 July 2022 at 14:18.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1821"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1821" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2022 after 21 days on 12 August 2022 at 01:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 28 July 2022 at 17:55
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 5 August 2022 at 11:06
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 12 August 2022 at 01:36
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 19 August 2022 at 04:36
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 278 / 1231
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 278 of Meeus index or 1231 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 3 minutes. It is 41 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 2 hours and 19 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 44 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠178.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠178.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠202°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 13 July 2022 at 09:08 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 26 July 2022 at 10:22 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 393 552 km
The Moon is 393 552 km (244 542 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 276 km (252 448 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 9 July 2022 at 17:28 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 July 2022 at 09:21 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 12 July 2022 at 21:16 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.921°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.941° at the point of next northern standstill on 26 July 2022 at 09:19 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 28 July 2022 at 17:55 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.
