Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 33% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 33% 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 27 August 2032 at 19:33.
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 leaving the last ∠4° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♋ Cancer later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1827"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1827" and ∠1900".
Harvest Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2032 after 20 days on 19 September 2032 at 09:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 4 September 2032 at 20:57
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 September 2032 at 18:49
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 19 September 2032 at 09:30
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 26 September 2032 at 09:12
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 403 / 1356
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 403 of Meeus index or 1356 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.66 days
Length of current 403 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 45 minutes. It is 45 minutes shorter than next lunation 404 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 1 minute longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 2 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠166.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠166.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠189.3°. 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
8 days after point of perigee on 21 August 2032 at 03:52 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 3 September 2032 at 19:58 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 392 318 km
Moon is 392 318 km (243 775 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 5 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 561 km (252 625 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 25 August 2032 at 09:01 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 8 September 2032 at 21:41 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 03:57 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠19.299°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-19.181° in its southern standstill point on 12 September 2032 at 21:50 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 4 September 2032 at 20:57 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.