Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 16% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% 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 5 July 2094 at 00:54.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1868"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1868" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2094 after 19 days on 27 July 2094 at 17:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 12 July 2094 at 13:36
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 20 July 2094 at 17:25
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 27 July 2094 at 17:39
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 3 August 2094 at 07:58
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 1168 / 2121
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 1168 of Meeus index or 2121 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
Length of current 1168 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 33 minutes. It is 1 hour and 27 minutes shorter than next lunation 1169 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 49 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 14 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠109.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠109.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠141.9°. 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 apogee
8 days after point of perigee on 30 June 2094 at 11:51 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 16 July 2094 at 04:45 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 383 673 km
Moon is 383 673 km (238 403 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 856 km (252 187 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 28 June 2094 at 10:31 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 11 July 2094 at 11:47 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 28 June 2094 at 17:52 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.311°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.299° in the next northern standstill on 11 July 2094 at 20:37 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 12 July 2094 at 13:36 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.