Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 20% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 20% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 14 September 2044 at 15:58.
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 is entering ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1966"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1910".
Hunter Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2044 after 19 days on 7 October 2044 at 00:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 21 September 2044 at 11:03
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 29 September 2044 at 03:30
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 7 October 2044 at 00:30
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 13 October 2044 at 21:52
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 552 / 1505
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 552 of Meeus index or 1505 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 552 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 57 minutes. It is 2 hours and 36 minutes shorter than next lunation 553 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 47 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 22 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠34°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠34°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠57.9°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 12:14, this is 15 days after last apogee on 1 September 2044 at 20:26 in ♑ Capricorn. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 29 September 2044 at 15:06 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 367 771 km
This perigee Moon is 367 771 km (228 522 mi) away from Earth. It is 5 263 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 2 585 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 7 September 2044 at 03:06 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 September 2044 at 04:05 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
10 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
2 days after previous North standstill on 14 September 2044 at 23:32 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.463°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.424° in the next southern standstill on 28 September 2044 at 07:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 21 September 2044 at 11:03 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.