Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 24% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 24% and getting smaller. The 24 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 6 August 2026 at 02:21.
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 ∠18° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2026 after 19 days on 28 August 2026 at 04:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 12 August 2026 at 17:37
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 August 2026 at 02:46
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 August 2026 at 04:18
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 4 September 2026 at 07:51
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 328 / 1281
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 328 of Meeus index or 1281 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 328 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 53 minutes. It is 1 hour and 57 minutes shorter than next lunation 329 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 51 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 18 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠18°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠18°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠36.5°. 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 before perigee
13 days after point of apogee on 25 July 2026 at 16:45 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 August 2026 at 11:18 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 363 446 km
Moon is 363 446 km (225 835 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 288 km (225 737 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 31 July 2026 at 11:54 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 13 August 2026 at 09:56 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 23:42 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠28.107°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-28.123° in its southern standstill point on 22 August 2026 at 10:59 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 12 August 2026 at 17:37 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.