Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 13% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 13% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 3 July 2086 at 20:10.
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 ∠3° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1921"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1921" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2086 after 18 days on 26 July 2086 at 09:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 10 July 2086 at 22:02
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 18 July 2086 at 21:45
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 26 July 2086 at 09:24
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 2 August 2086 at 01:01
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 1069 / 2022
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1069 of Meeus index or 2022 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 50 minutes. It is 1 hour and 46 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 1 hour and 54 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 15 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠62.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠62.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠95.5°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 2 July 2086 at 04:43 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 17 July 2086 at 04:25 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 373 059 km
The Moon is 373 059 km (231 808 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 547 km (251 374 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 25 June 2086 at 07:25 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 8 July 2086 at 05:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 25 June 2086 at 15:51 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.460°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠22.447° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 July 2086 at 14:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 10 July 2086 at 22:02 in ♋ Cancer 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.
