Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 26% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 26% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 29 July 2043 at 08:23.
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 ∠7° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1890".
Sturgeon Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2043 after 20 days on 20 August 2043 at 15:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 5 August 2043 at 02:23
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 12 August 2043 at 18:57
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 20 August 2043 at 15:04
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 August 2043 at 13:09
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 538 / 1491
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 538 of Meeus index or 1491 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 32 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 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 4 hours and 12 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 57 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠33.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠33.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠57.1°.
Moon before apogee
14 days after point of apogee on 16 July 2043 at 14:34 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 August 2043 at 05:13 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 363 634 km
The Moon is 363 634 km (225 952 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 517 km (228 364 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 26 July 2043 at 19:43 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 8 August 2043 at 16:43 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 19 July 2043 at 20:10 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.464°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠28.531° at the point of next northern standstill on 2 August 2043 at 03:11 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 5 August 2043 at 02:23 in ♌ Leo 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.
