Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 12% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 7 July 2045 at 11:31.
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 ∠1912"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1912" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2045 after 17 days on 28 July 2045 at 22:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 July 2045 at 10:28
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 21 July 2045 at 01:52
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 28 July 2045 at 22:11
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 5 August 2045 at 23:57
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 562 / 1515
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 562 of Meeus index or 1515 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
Length of current 562 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 24 minutes. It is 13 minutes longer than next lunation 563 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 20 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 49 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠328°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠328°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠345.4°. 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 before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 2 July 2045 at 18:04 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 15 July 2045 at 07:12 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 374 846 km
Moon is 374 846 km (232 919 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 581 km (222 812 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 3 July 2045 at 02:35 in ♒ Aquarius, 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 16 July 2045 at 11:05 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
13 days after previous South standstill on 28 June 2045 at 04:19 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.699°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.744° in the next northern standstill on 12 July 2045 at 12:55 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 14 July 2045 at 10:28 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.