Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 27% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 27% 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 10 August 2031 at 00:24.
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 ∠17° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1783"
Lunar disc appears visually 6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1783" and ∠1894".
Harvest Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2031 after 19 days on 1 September 2031 at 09:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 18 August 2031 at 04:32
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 25 August 2031 at 18:40
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 1 September 2031 at 09:20
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 8 September 2031 at 16:14
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 390 / 1343
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 390 of Meeus index or 1343 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
Length of current 390 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 52 minutes. It is 37 minutes longer than next lunation 391 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 8 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 55 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠188.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠188.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠213.5°. 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 2 August 2031 at 06:47 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 14 August 2031 at 21:37 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 402 080 km
Moon is 402 080 km (249 841 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 946 km (252 243 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 10 August 2031 at 14:10 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 25 August 2031 at 01:21 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 15:58 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠20.868°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-20.731° in its southern standstill point on 26 August 2031 at 23:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 18 August 2031 at 04:32 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.