Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 6% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 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 ∠24° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1934"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1934" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2045 after 16 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 27 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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 24 minutes. It is 13 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 20 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 49 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠328°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠328°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠345.4°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 2 July 2045 at 18:04 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 15 July 2045 at 07:12 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 370 640 km
The Moon is 370 640 km (230 305 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 581 km (222 812 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 3 July 2045 at 02:35 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 July 2045 at 11:05 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at northern standstill
At 12:55 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠27.744°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-27.770° at the point of next standstill in ♐ Sagittarius on 25 July 2045 at 09:40.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 14 July 2045 at 10:28 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.
