Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 9% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 26 August 2035 at 09:08.
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 is entering ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1961"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1961" and ∠1901".
Harvest Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2035 after 18 days on 17 September 2035 at 14:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 2 September 2035 at 01:59
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 9 September 2035 at 14:47
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 17 September 2035 at 14:23
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 September 2035 at 14:39
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 440 / 1393
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 440 of Meeus index or 1393 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 48 minutes. It is 2 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 56 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 13 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠25.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠25.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠46.4°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 02:28. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 14 August 2035 at 06:09 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 11 days, until point of next apogee on 10 September 2035 at 23:26 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 365 533 km
This perigee Moon is 365 533 km (227 132 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 025 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 4 823 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 19 August 2035 at 19:18 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 1 September 2035 at 19:14 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, 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 28 August 2035 at 17:25 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.744°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.755° at the point of next southern standstill on 11 September 2035 at 06:40 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 2 September 2035 at 01:59 in ♍ Virgo 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.
