Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 41% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 41% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 30 July 2089 at 15:55.
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 ∠19° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1891"
Lunar disc appears visually 0% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1891" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2089 after 20 days on 21 August 2089 at 06:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 6 August 2089 at 08:28
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 13 August 2089 at 03:58
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 21 August 2089 at 06:16
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 29 August 2089 at 01:32
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 1107 / 2060
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1107 of Meeus index or 2060 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.28 days
Length of current 1107 lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 40 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2089. It is 50 minutes shorter than next lunation 1108 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 4 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠348.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠348.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠3.5°. 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 before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 23 July 2089 at 06:57 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 August 2089 at 03:33 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 379 097 km
Moon is 379 097 km (235 560 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 246 km (221 982 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 28 July 2089 at 12:48 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 10 August 2089 at 02:59 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 19 July 2089 at 19:41 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.541°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.449° in the next northern standstill on 3 August 2089 at 05:21 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 6 August 2089 at 08:28 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.