Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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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 ♊ Gemini.
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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 August 2086 at 01:01.
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 ∠14° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1910"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1910" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2086 after 20 days on 24 August 2086 at 17:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 9 August 2086 at 10:38
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 17 August 2086 at 14:14
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 24 August 2086 at 17:25
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 31 August 2086 at 07:52
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 1070 / 2023
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 1070 of Meeus index or 2023 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
Length of current 1070 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 36 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes shorter than next lunation 1071 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 8 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 1 minute longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠95.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠95.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠129.5°. 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 after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 29 July 2086 at 01:59 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 13 August 2086 at 21:28 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 375 370 km
Moon is 375 370 km (233 244 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 496 km (251 964 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♊ Gemini at 08:12 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet ascending node on 18 August 2086 at 19:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 20:25 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠22.322°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-22.198° in its southern standstill point on 19 August 2086 at 11:08 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 9 August 2086 at 10:38 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.