Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 7% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 7% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 22 August 2057 at 02:02.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1786"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1786" and ∠1900".
Harvest Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2057 after 16 days on 13 September 2057 at 02:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 30 August 2057 at 03:54
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 September 2057 at 07:18
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 13 September 2057 at 02:53
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 20 September 2057 at 20:25
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 712 / 1665
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 712 of Meeus index or 1665 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
Length of current 712 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 23 minutes. It is 1 hour and 17 minutes longer than next lunation 713 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 39 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 24 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠222.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠222.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠255.9°. 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
3 days after point of apogee on 24 August 2057 at 07:38 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 September 2057 at 19:57 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 401 217 km
Moon is 401 217 km (249 305 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 12 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 286 km (228 842 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 24 August 2057 at 19:03 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 7 September 2057 at 10:33 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 25 August 2057 at 15:28 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.822°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.933° in the next southern standstill on 8 September 2057 at 05:28 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 30 August 2057 at 03:54 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.