Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 38% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 38% 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 10 July 2061 at 10:23.
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 ∠4° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1957"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1957" and ∠1887".
Sturgeon Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2061 after 20 days on 1 August 2061 at 10:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 17 July 2061 at 01:10
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 24 July 2061 at 08:05
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 1 August 2061 at 10:11
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 8 August 2061 at 16:09
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 760 / 1713
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 760 of Meeus index or 1713 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
Length of current 760 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 7 minutes. It is 1 hour and 22 minutes shorter than next lunation 761 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 37 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 32 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠13.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠13.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠31.2°. 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
11 days after point of apogee on 29 June 2061 at 12:19 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 15 July 2061 at 03:23 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 366 324 km
Moon is 366 324 km (227 623 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 013 km (224 944 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 10 July 2061 at 03:50 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 22 July 2061 at 20:17 in ♎ Libra.
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
9 days after previous South standstill on 2 July 2061 at 03:48 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.248°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.294° in the next northern standstill on 15 July 2061 at 13:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 17 July 2061 at 01:10 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.