Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 24% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 24% 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 9 July 2053 at 01:47.
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 ∠21° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1936"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1936" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2053 after 19 days on 30 July 2053 at 17:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 15 July 2053 at 17:26
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 22 July 2053 at 14:16
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 30 July 2053 at 17:06
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 7 August 2053 at 10:25
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 661 / 1614
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 661 of Meeus index or 1614 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.27 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 35 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2053. It is 40 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 9 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length and it is the shortest synodic month length of 21st century.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠352.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠352.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠7.2°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 1 July 2053 at 02:40 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 15 July 2053 at 07:11 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 370 170 km
The Moon is 370 170 km (230 013 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 527 km (222 157 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 6 July 2053 at 19:46 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 19 July 2053 at 09:41 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 30 June 2053 at 12:07 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.513°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.467° at the point of next northern standstill on 14 July 2053 at 09:16 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 15 July 2053 at 17:26 in ♋ Cancer the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
