Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 10% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 10% 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 22 August 2038 at 23:12.
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 leaving the last ∠3° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♌ Leo later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1855"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1855" and ∠1899".
Harvest Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2038 after 17 days on 13 September 2038 at 12:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 30 August 2038 at 10:13
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 September 2038 at 01:51
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 13 September 2038 at 12:24
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 21 September 2038 at 16:27
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 477 / 1430
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 477 of Meeus index or 1430 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
Length of current 477 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 32 minutes. It is 47 minutes longer than next lunation 478 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 12 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 57 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠293.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠293.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠319.9°. 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
6 days after point of apogee on 21 August 2038 at 01:57 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 1 September 2038 at 22:39 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 386 442 km
Moon is 386 442 km (240 124 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 106 km (226 245 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 26 August 2038 at 03:40 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 7 September 2038 at 20:51 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
1 day after previous North standstill on 26 August 2038 at 08:58 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.151°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.232° in the next southern standstill on 8 September 2038 at 03:20 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 30 August 2038 at 10:13 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.