Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 12% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and getting smaller. The 26 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 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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1894".
Harvest Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2031 after 17 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 26 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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 52 minutes. It is 37 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 8 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 55 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠188.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠188.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠213.5°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 21:37. It is 12 days after previous perigee on 2 August 2031 at 06:47 in ♑ Capricorn. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 16 days, until point of next perigee on 30 August 2031 at 12:53 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 405 946 km
This apogee Moon is 405 946 km (252 243 mi) away from Earth. It is 538 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 763 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 10 August 2031 at 14:10 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 25 August 2031 at 01:21 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 12 August 2031 at 15:58 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠20.868°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.731° at the point of next southern standstill on 26 August 2031 at 23:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 18 August 2031 at 04:32 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.
