Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 25% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 25% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 10 July 2042 at 05:38.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1953"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1953" and ∠1887".
Sturgeon Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2042 after 20 days on 1 August 2042 at 17:33.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 17 July 2042 at 05:52
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 25 July 2042 at 05:01
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 1 August 2042 at 17:33
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 8 August 2042 at 10:35
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 525 / 1478
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 525 of Meeus index or 1478 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 4 minutes. It is 2 hours and 5 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 2 hours and 40 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 29 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠57.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠57.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠88.8°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 9 July 2042 at 07:47 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 23 July 2042 at 20:11 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 367 055 km
The Moon is 367 055 km (228 077 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 290 km (251 214 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 10 July 2042 at 13:42 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 24 July 2042 at 06:34 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 2 July 2042 at 18:24 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.069°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.092° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 July 2042 at 16:02 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 17 July 2042 at 05:52 in ♋ Cancer 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.
