Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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 ♌ 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 20 August 2049 at 07:10.
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 ∠0° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1899".
Harvest Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2049 after 17 days on 11 September 2049 at 17:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 28 August 2049 at 11:18
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 5 September 2049 at 02:28
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 September 2049 at 17:04
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 September 2049 at 23:03
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 613 / 1566
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 613 of Meeus index or 1566 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 613 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 11 minutes. It is 25 minutes longer than next lunation 614 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 27 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 36 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠185.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠185.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠210.2°. 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 10:27, this is 12 days after last perigee on 12 August 2049 at 17:06 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 10 September 2049 at 00:14 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 406 054 km
This apogee Moon is 406 054 km (252 310 mi) away from Earth. It is 646 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 655 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 20 August 2049 at 22:31 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 4 September 2049 at 10:20 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
17 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 22 August 2049 at 00:08 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠21.800°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-21.652° in the next southern standstill on 5 September 2049 at 12:21 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 28 August 2049 at 11:18 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.