Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 4% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 13 August 2047 at 17:34.
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 ∠1856"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1856" and ∠1896".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2047 after 15 days on 4 September 2047 at 08:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 21 August 2047 at 09:16
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 August 2047 at 02:49
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 4 September 2047 at 08:54
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 12 September 2047 at 11:18
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 588 / 1541
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 588 of Meeus index or 1541 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
Length of current 588 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 27 minutes. It is 1 hour and 12 minutes longer than next lunation 589 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 17 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 52 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠274.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠274.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠306.1°. 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
6 days after point of apogee on 12 August 2047 at 22:38 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 24 August 2047 at 23:21 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 386 264 km
Moon is 386 264 km (240 013 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 969 km (228 024 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 18 August 2047 at 04:37 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 31 August 2047 at 00:29 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 16 August 2047 at 02:57 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.256°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.179° in the next southern standstill on 29 August 2047 at 04:16 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 21 August 2047 at 09:16 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.