Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 39% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 39% and getting smaller. The 23 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 2 September 2075 at 08:34.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1773"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1773" and ∠1903".
Harvest Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2075 after 20 days on 24 September 2075 at 10:31.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 10 September 2075 at 11:02
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 17 September 2075 at 15:25
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 24 September 2075 at 10:31
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 2 October 2075 at 03:13
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 935 / 1888
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 935 of Meeus index or 1888 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
Length of current 935 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 52 minutes. It is 1 hour and 11 minutes longer than next lunation 936 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 8 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 55 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠218.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠218.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠251.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 23 August 2075 at 22:14 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 4 September 2075 at 19:44 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 404 329 km
Moon is 404 329 km (251 238 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 711 km (251 476 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 22 August 2075 at 16:33 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 5 September 2075 at 03:09 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 22 August 2075 at 13:47 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-22.754°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠22.823° in the next northern standstill on 5 September 2075 at 01:11 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 10 September 2075 at 11:02 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.