Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 25% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 25% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 3 July 2029 at 17:58.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2029 after 19 days on 25 July 2029 at 13:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 11 July 2029 at 15:51
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 18 July 2029 at 14:14
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 25 July 2029 at 13:36
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 2 August 2029 at 11:15
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 364 / 1317
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 364 of Meeus index or 1317 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 56 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 44 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 26 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠244.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠244.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠279.1°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 4 July 2029 at 16:05 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 18 July 2029 at 11:25 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 403 963 km
The Moon is 403 963 km (251 011 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 666 km (229 700 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 26 June 2029 at 03:09 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 10 July 2029 at 12:33 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, 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 24 June 2029 at 23:29 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.401°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠24.399° at the point of next northern standstill on 9 July 2029 at 05:56 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 11 July 2029 at 15:51 in ♋ Cancer 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.
