Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 22% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 22% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 6 September 2061 at 21:12.
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 ∠22° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1950"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1950" and ∠1906".
Harvest Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2061 after 19 days on 29 September 2061 at 09:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 13 September 2061 at 20:37
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 21 September 2061 at 19:44
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 29 September 2061 at 09:32
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 6 October 2061 at 02:57
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 762 / 1715
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 762 of Meeus index or 1715 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 762 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 58 minutes. It is 3 hours and 6 minutes shorter than next lunation 763 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 46 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 23 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠53.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠53.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠84.5°. 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
3 days after point of perigee on 6 September 2061 at 10:37 in ♊ Gemini. 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 20 September 2061 at 15:48 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 367 543 km
Moon is 367 543 km (228 381 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 443 km (251 309 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 2 September 2061 at 08:31 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 15 September 2061 at 08:16 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 8 September 2061 at 02:43 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.571°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.618° in the next southern standstill on 22 September 2061 at 01:20 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 13 September 2061 at 20:37 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.