Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
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 ♋ Cancer.
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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 26 August 2024 at 09:26.
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 is entering ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1878"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1878" and ∠1900".
Harvest Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2024 after 20 days on 18 September 2024 at 02:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 September 2024 at 01:55
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 September 2024 at 06:06
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 18 September 2024 at 02:34
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 September 2024 at 18:50
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 304 / 1257
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 304 of Meeus index or 1257 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
Length of current 304 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 43 minutes. It is 2 hours and 11 minutes shorter than next lunation 305 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 58 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 4 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠127.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠127.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠155.7°. 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 after perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 21 August 2024 at 05:05 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 5 September 2024 at 14:55 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 381 684 km
Moon is 381 684 km (237 167 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 215 km (252 410 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after its ascending node on 22 August 2024 at 10:27 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 5 September 2024 at 05:43 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
6 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 11:09 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠28.606°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-28.671° in its southern standstill point on 12 September 2024 at 04:51 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 3 September 2024 at 01:55 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.