Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 30% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 30% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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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 5 September 2053 at 17:05.
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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1905".
Harvest Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2053 after 20 days on 27 September 2053 at 21:50.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 12 September 2053 at 09:36
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 19 September 2053 at 21:29
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 27 September 2053 at 21:50
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 4 October 2053 at 23:01
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 663 / 1616
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 663 of Meeus index or 1616 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 663 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter than next lunation 664 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 20 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠23.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠23.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠43.5°. 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 before perigee
13 days after point of apogee on 24 August 2053 at 18:27 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 9 September 2053 at 15:22 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 363 483 km
Moon is 363 483 km (225 858 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 934 km (226 759 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 30 August 2053 at 03:39 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 12 September 2053 at 03:56 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
22 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 03:16 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠18.322°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-18.328° in its southern standstill point on 20 September 2053 at 10:22 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 12 September 2053 at 09:36 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.