Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 28% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 28% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 11 July 2050 at 09:46.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1908"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1908" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2050 after 20 days on 3 August 2050 at 02:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 18 July 2050 at 21:17
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 27 July 2050 at 01:05
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 3 August 2050 at 02:20
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 9 August 2050 at 16:48
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 624 / 1577
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 624 of Meeus index or 1577 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
Length of current 624 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 55 minutes. It is 1 hour and 36 minutes shorter than next lunation 625 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 11 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 52 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠104.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠104.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠137°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 7 July 2050 at 02:25 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 22 July 2050 at 20:27 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 375 721 km
Moon is 375 721 km (233 462 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 717 km (252 101 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♉ Taurus at 14:19 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet ascending node on 28 July 2050 at 02:39 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 3 July 2050 at 03:14 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.482°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.446° in the next northern standstill on 15 July 2050 at 23:05 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 18 July 2050 at 21:17 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.