Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 20% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 20% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 2 September 2056 at 05:43.
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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1821"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1821" and ∠1904".
Harvest Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2056 after 18 days on 23 September 2056 at 19:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 9 September 2056 at 17:47
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 September 2056 at 09:50
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 September 2056 at 19:34
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 1 October 2056 at 23:33
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 700 / 1653
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 700 of Meeus index or 1653 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
Length of current 700 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 59 minutes. It is 46 minutes longer than next lunation 701 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 45 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 24 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠289.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠289.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠317.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 31 August 2056 at 14:03 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 12 September 2056 at 10:34 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 393 542 km
Moon is 393 542 km (244 536 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 705 km (226 617 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♋ Cancer at 11:57 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 18 September 2056 at 05:52 in ♑ Capricorn.
New draconic month
At 11:57 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 4 September 2056 at 19:42 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠22.139°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-22.234° in the next southern standstill on 17 September 2056 at 16:12 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 9 September 2056 at 17:47 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.