Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 20% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 20% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 2 July 2078 at 16:25.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2078 after 19 days on 24 July 2078 at 22:07.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 9 July 2078 at 10:08
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 16 July 2078 at 23:48
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 24 July 2078 at 22:07
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 31 July 2078 at 21:11
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 970 / 1923
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 970 of Meeus index or 1923 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
Length of current 970 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 19 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 minutes shorter than next lunation 971 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 25 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 44 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠29°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠29°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠50.9°. 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
15 days after point of apogee on 20 June 2078 at 07:41 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 July 2078 at 02:20 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 363 850 km
Moon is 363 850 km (226 086 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 394 km (227 667 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♉ Taurus at 06:31 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 18 July 2078 at 20:35 in ♏ Scorpio.
New draconic month
At 06:31 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 25 June 2078 at 16:54 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.037°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.043° in the next northern standstill on 8 July 2078 at 17:05 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 9 July 2078 at 10:08 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.