Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 38% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 38% and getting smaller. The 23 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 7 August 2053 at 10:25.
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 ∠1945"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1945" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2053 after 20 days on 29 August 2053 at 07:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 14 August 2053 at 00:41
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 21 August 2053 at 04:27
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 29 August 2053 at 07:53
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 5 September 2053 at 17:05
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 662 / 1615
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 662 of Meeus index or 1615 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 15 minutes. It is 1 hour and 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 5 hours and 29 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 40 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠7.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠7.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠23.3°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 28 July 2053 at 06:44 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 12 August 2053 at 14:58 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 368 576 km
The Moon is 368 576 km (229 023 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 223 km (223 832 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 2 August 2053 at 22:15 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 15 August 2053 at 17:54 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
20 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
11 days since the previous standstill on 27 July 2053 at 19:24 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.438°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.377° at the point of next northern standstill on 10 August 2053 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 14 August 2053 at 00:41 in ♌ Leo 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.
