Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 8% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% 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 2 September 2037 at 22:03.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1946"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1946" and ∠1905".
Harvest Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2037 after 16 days on 24 September 2037 at 11:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 9 September 2037 at 18:25
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 September 2037 at 10:36
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 24 September 2037 at 11:32
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 2 October 2037 at 10:29
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 465 / 1418
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 465 of Meeus index or 1418 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.32 days
Length of current 465 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 44 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2037. It is 25 minutes shorter than next lunation 466 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 9 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠338.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠338.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠354.5°. 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 perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 28 August 2037 at 00:28 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 September 2037 at 02:13 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 368 270 km
Moon is 368 270 km (228 832 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 229 km (221 972 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 6 September 2037 at 10:34 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 19 September 2037 at 02:02 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days after previous North standstill on 5 September 2037 at 06:20 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠21.473°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-21.547° in the next southern standstill on 17 September 2037 at 19:36 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 9 September 2037 at 18:25 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.