Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 30% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 30% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 27 August 2062 at 17:49.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1965"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1900".
Harvest Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2062 after 20 days on 18 September 2062 at 18:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 September 2062 at 08:42
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 September 2062 at 15:59
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 18 September 2062 at 18:36
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 26 September 2062 at 00:11
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 774 / 1727
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 774 of Meeus index or 1727 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 2 minutes. It is 2 hours and 5 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 42 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 27 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠14°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠14°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠31.5°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 16 August 2062 at 18:05 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 September 2062 at 10:35 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 364 752 km
The Moon is 364 752 km (226 646 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 122 km (225 012 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 22 August 2062 at 04:45 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 4 September 2062 at 03:11 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at northern standstill
At 10:48 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠28.645°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-28.670° at the point of next standstill in ♐ Sagittarius on 11 September 2062 at 13:11.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 3 September 2062 at 08:42 in ♍ Virgo the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
