Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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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 2 July 2048 at 23:58.
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 in ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2048 after 16 days on 25 July 2048 at 09:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 11 July 2048 at 04:04
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 18 July 2048 at 18:31
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 25 July 2048 at 09:34
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 1 August 2048 at 14:30
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 599 / 1552
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 599 of Meeus index or 1552 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 599 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 minutes longer than next lunation 600 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 30 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 33 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠186.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠186.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠210.3°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 03:10, this is 12 days after last perigee on 25 June 2048 at 09:51 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 23 July 2048 at 16:18 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 405 968 km
This apogee Moon is 405 968 km (252 257 mi) away from Earth. It is 560 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 741 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 25 June 2048 at 14:10 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 9 July 2048 at 07:58 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 12:46 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠23.746°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-23.710° in its southern standstill point on 22 July 2048 at 09:07 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 11 July 2048 at 04:04 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.