Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 37% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 37% 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 21 August 2030 at 01:15.
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 ∠15° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1897".
Harvest Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2030 after 20 days on 11 September 2030 at 21:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 28 August 2030 at 23:07
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 September 2030 at 21:55
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 September 2030 at 21:18
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 19 September 2030 at 19:56
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 378 / 1331
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 378 of Meeus index or 1331 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 56 minutes. It is 1 hour and 9 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 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠244.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠244.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠279.9°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 21 August 2030 at 22:49 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 4 September 2030 at 17:06 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 405 393 km
The Moon is 405 393 km (251 900 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 884 km (229 835 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♊ Gemini at 08:09 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 4 September 2030 at 20:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at northern standstill
At 18:22 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠22.465°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-22.341° at the point of next standstill in ♐ Sagittarius on 5 September 2030 at 08:00.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 28 August 2030 at 23:07 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.
