Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 31% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 31% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 28 August 2051 at 17:29.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1914"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1914" and ∠1901".
Harvest Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2051 after 20 days on 20 September 2051 at 10:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 5 September 2051 at 04:33
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 13 September 2051 at 09:20
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 20 September 2051 at 10:11
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 September 2051 at 01:22
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 638 / 1591
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 638 of Meeus index or 1591 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
Length of current 638 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 28 minutes. It is 2 hours and 46 minutes shorter than next lunation 639 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 44 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 19 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 24 August 2051 at 08:43 in ♈ Aries. 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 9 September 2051 at 04:18 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 374 460 km
Moon is 374 460 km (232 679 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 670 km (252 072 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 25 August 2051 at 20:56 in ♈ Aries, 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 8 September 2051 at 15:18 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 01:37 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠18.858°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-18.758° in its southern standstill point on 13 September 2051 at 15:30 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 5 September 2051 at 04:33 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.