Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 9% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 21 June 2060 at 08:44.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1954"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1954" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2060 after 18 days on 13 July 2060 at 15:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 28 June 2060 at 02:58
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 5 July 2060 at 17:38
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 13 July 2060 at 15:08
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 20 July 2060 at 13:24
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 747 / 1700
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 747 of Meeus index or 1700 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
Length of current 747 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 35 minutes. It is 1 hour and 17 minutes shorter than next lunation 748 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 10 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠31.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠31.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠54.1°. 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 after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 24 June 2060 at 12:41 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 6 July 2060 at 13:25 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 366 901 km
Moon is 366 901 km (227 982 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 112 km (251 104 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 23 June 2060 at 21:23 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 7 July 2060 at 12:29 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 15 June 2060 at 02:38 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.634°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.624° in the next northern standstill on 28 June 2060 at 00:46 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 28 June 2060 at 02:58 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.