Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 24% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 24% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 26 September 2081 at 01:30.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1948"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1948" and ∠1916".
Hunter Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2081 after 19 days on 17 October 2081 at 20:50.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 2 October 2081 at 17:23
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 9 October 2081 at 15:58
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 17 October 2081 at 20:50
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 25 October 2081 at 11:13
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 1010 / 1963
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 1010 of Meeus index or 1963 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 22 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 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 22 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 47 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠357.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠357.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠12.5°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 17 September 2081 at 08:20 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 October 2081 at 23:44 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 368 011 km
The Moon is 368 011 km (228 671 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 089 km (222 506 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 17 September 2081 at 06:18 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 1 October 2081 at 01:46 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
11 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 after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 25 September 2081 at 14:31 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.512°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.464° at the point of next southern standstill on 8 October 2081 at 03:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 2 October 2081 at 17:23 in ♎ Libra 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.
