Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 21% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 21% and getting smaller. The 25 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 26 July 2092 at 07:31.
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 ∠12° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1890".
Sturgeon Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2092 after 18 days on 17 August 2092 at 09:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 3 August 2092 at 09:54
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 10 August 2092 at 15:18
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 17 August 2092 at 09:22
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 25 August 2092 at 00:32
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 1144 / 2097
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 1144 of Meeus index or 2097 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 44 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 3 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠215.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠215.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠246.7°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 00:58. It is 11 days after previous perigee on 17 July 2092 at 01:42 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next perigee on 13 August 2092 at 17:47 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 404 974 km
This apogee Moon is 404 974 km (251 639 mi) away from Earth. It is 434 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 735 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 20 July 2092 at 04:19 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 3 August 2092 at 13:51 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 17 July 2092 at 20:34 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.092°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.082° at the point of next northern standstill on 31 July 2092 at 20:14 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 3 August 2092 at 09:54 in ♌ Leo 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.
