Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 34% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 34% 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 11 August 2039 at 19:36.
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 passing about ∠9° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1894".
Harvest Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2039 after 20 days on 2 September 2039 at 19:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 19 August 2039 at 20:50
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 26 August 2039 at 23:16
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 September 2039 at 19:23
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 10 September 2039 at 13:45
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 489 / 1442
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 489 of Meeus index or 1442 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
Length of current 489 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 56 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 minutes longer than next lunation 490 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 12 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 51 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠226.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠226.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠260.1°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 19:35, this is 11 days after last perigee on 1 August 2039 at 22:38 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 29 August 2039 at 03:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 404 503 km
This apogee Moon is 404 503 km (251 347 mi) away from Earth. It is 905 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 206 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
12 days after its descending node on 31 July 2039 at 22:26 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 14 August 2039 at 10:57 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 2 August 2039 at 07:15 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.732°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.786° in the next northern standstill on 16 August 2039 at 04:38 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 19 August 2039 at 20:50 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.