Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 35% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 35% and getting smaller. The 23 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 16 August 2025 at 05:12.
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 ∠12° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1963"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1963" and ∠1896".
Harvest Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2025 after 21 days on 7 September 2025 at 18:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 23 August 2025 at 06:06
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 31 August 2025 at 06:25
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 7 September 2025 at 18:09
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 14 September 2025 at 10:33
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 316 / 1269
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 316 of Meeus index or 1269 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 55 minutes. It is 2 hours and 53 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 1 hour and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠60.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠60.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠93°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 14 August 2025 at 18:01 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 29 August 2025 at 15:34 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 365 229 km
The Moon is 365 229 km (226 943 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 552 km (251 377 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 11 August 2025 at 14:53 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 24 August 2025 at 15:41 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
5 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 5 August 2025 at 13:37 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.534°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠28.585° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 August 2025 at 15:59 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 23 August 2025 at 06:06 in ♍ Virgo 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.
