Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 32% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 32% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 12 July 2058 at 17:28.
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 ∠14° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1854"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1854" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2058 after 20 days on 4 August 2058 at 09:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 20 July 2058 at 15:40
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 July 2058 at 16:19
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 4 August 2058 at 09:37
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 11 August 2058 at 04:00
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 723 / 1676
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 723 of Meeus index or 1676 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 723 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 5 minutes. It is 18 minutes shorter than next lunation 724 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 21 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 42 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠148.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠148.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠173.1°. 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 apogee
7 days after point of perigee on 6 July 2058 at 19:45 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 21 July 2058 at 10:15 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 386 543 km
Moon is 386 543 km (240 187 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 575 km (252 634 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 4 July 2058 at 03:23 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 16 July 2058 at 23:56 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 5 July 2058 at 20:52 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-25.284°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠25.278° in the next northern standstill on 19 July 2058 at 03:57 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 20 July 2058 at 15:40 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.