Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 17% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 1 July 2089 at 03:43.
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 ∠24° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1905"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1905" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2089 after 18 days on 22 July 2089 at 14:50.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 8 July 2089 at 01:47
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 14 July 2089 at 17:11
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 22 July 2089 at 14:50
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 30 July 2089 at 15:55
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 1106 / 2059
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 1106 of Meeus index or 2059 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.29 days
Length of current 1106 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 3 minutes. It is 23 minutes longer than next lunation 1107 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 41 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 28 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠331.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠331.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠348.5°. 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 perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 26 June 2089 at 00:52 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 July 2089 at 18:12 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 376 319 km
Moon is 376 319 km (233 834 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 994 km (222 447 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after its descending node on 1 July 2089 at 11:25 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 13 July 2089 at 23:07 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
17 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, 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 June 2089 at 12:24 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.620°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.574° in the next northern standstill on 6 July 2089 at 18:10 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 8 July 2089 at 01:47 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.