Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 14% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 14% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 11 July 2031 at 11:50.
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 ∠8° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1788"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1788" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2031 after 18 days on 3 August 2031 at 01:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 19 July 2031 at 13:40
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 27 July 2031 at 10:35
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 3 August 2031 at 01:45
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 10 August 2031 at 00:24
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 389 / 1342
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 389 of Meeus index or 1342 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 389 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 16 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2031. It is 24 minutes longer than next lunation 390 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 31 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 31 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠165.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠165.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠188.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 4 July 2031 at 21:14 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 18 July 2031 at 14:28 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 400 778 km
Moon is 400 778 km (249 032 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 535 km (252 609 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 14 July 2031 at 12:38 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 28 July 2031 at 23:54 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 3 July 2031 at 05:15 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.077°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.045° in the next northern standstill on 16 July 2031 at 09:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 19 July 2031 at 13:40 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.