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
Length of current 316 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 55 minutes. It is 2 hours and 53 minutes shorter than next lunation 317 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 49 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 20 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠60.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠60.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠93°. 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
2 days after point of perigee on 14 August 2025 at 18:01 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 29 August 2025 at 15:34 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 365 229 km
Moon is 365 229 km (226 943 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 12 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 552 km (251 377 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 11 August 2025 at 14:53 in ♓ Pisces, 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 24 August 2025 at 15:41 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
5 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 5 August 2025 at 13:37 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.534°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.585° in the next northern standstill on 18 August 2025 at 15:59 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 23 August 2025 at 06:06 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.