Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 29% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 29% 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 17 August 2052 at 14:43.
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 ∠22° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1896".
Harvest Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2052 after 20 days on 9 September 2052 at 00:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 24 August 2052 at 11:07
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 1 September 2052 at 07:10
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 9 September 2052 at 00:15
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 15 September 2052 at 19:48
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 650 / 1603
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 650 of Meeus index or 1603 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
Length of current 650 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 36 minutes. It is 2 hours and 50 minutes shorter than next lunation 651 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 8 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 1 minute longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠43°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠43°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠69.9°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 04:12, this is 14 days after last apogee on 4 August 2052 at 05:18 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 1 September 2052 at 00:01 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 369 240 km
This perigee Moon is 369 240 km (229 435 mi) away from Earth. It is 6 732 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 1 116 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 14 August 2052 at 01:39 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 27 August 2052 at 00:15 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
19 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 22:30 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠18.268°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-18.203° in its southern standstill point on 2 September 2052 at 21:23 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 24 August 2052 at 11:07 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.