Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 7% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 7% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1966"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2026 after 17 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 27 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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 53 minutes. It is 1 hour and 57 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 4 hours and 51 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 18 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠18°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠18°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠36.5°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 11:18. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 25 July 2026 at 16:45 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 11 days, until point of next apogee on 22 August 2026 at 08:20 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 363 288 km
This perigee Moon is 363 288 km (225 737 mi) away from Earth. It is 780 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 7 068 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 31 July 2026 at 11:54 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 13 August 2026 at 09:56 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 8 August 2026 at 23:42 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.107°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.123° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 August 2026 at 10:59 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 12 August 2026 at 17:37 in ♌ Leo 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.
