Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 17% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 16 August 2044 at 10:03.
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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1896".
Harvest Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2044 after 18 days on 7 September 2044 at 11:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 23 August 2044 at 01:06
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 30 August 2044 at 09:18
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 7 September 2044 at 11:24
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 14 September 2044 at 15:58
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 551 / 1504
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 551 of Meeus index or 1504 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 551 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 56 minutes. It is 2 hours and 1 minute shorter than next lunation 552 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠16°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠16°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠34°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
14 days after point of apogee on 5 August 2044 at 05:22 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 20 August 2044 at 23:01 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 363 298 km
Moon is 363 298 km (225 743 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 698 km (225 370 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 10 August 2044 at 20:20 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 23 August 2044 at 18:33 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 18 August 2044 at 17:17 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.458°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.478° in the next southern standstill on 31 August 2044 at 23:59 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 23 August 2044 at 01:06 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.