Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 8% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% and getting smaller. The 26 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 26 June 2046 at 10:40.
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 ∠8° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1839"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1839" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2046 after 16 days on 18 July 2046 at 00:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 4 July 2046 at 01:39
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 10 July 2046 at 19:53
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 18 July 2046 at 00:55
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 26 July 2046 at 03:19
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 574 / 1527
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 574 of Meeus index or 1527 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 574 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 16 minutes. It is 1 hour and 29 minutes longer than next lunation 575 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 41 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠274°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠274°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠304.9°. 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 after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 25 June 2046 at 16:40 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 7 July 2046 at 18:06 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 389 678 km
Moon is 389 678 km (242 135 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 114 km (228 114 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 21 June 2046 at 10:29 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 5 July 2046 at 15:30 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
10 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 18 June 2046 at 02:43 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.680°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.701° in the next northern standstill on 2 July 2046 at 13:24 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 4 July 2046 at 01:39 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.