Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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 24 July 2095 at 02:17.
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 ∠5° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1932"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1932" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2095 after 20 days on 15 August 2095 at 17:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 31 July 2095 at 07:29
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 8 August 2095 at 09:19
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 15 August 2095 at 17:13
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 22 August 2095 at 07:57
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 1181 / 2134
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 1181 of Meeus index or 2134 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
Length of current 1181 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 34 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes shorter than next lunation 1182 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 10 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 59 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠76.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠76.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠110.9°. 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 after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 21 July 2095 at 04:21 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 5 August 2095 at 19:19 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 371 080 km
Moon is 371 080 km (230 578 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 927 km (251 610 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 14 July 2095 at 15:36 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 27 July 2095 at 11:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 16 July 2095 at 07:31 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.908°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.923° in the next northern standstill on 29 July 2095 at 04:07 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 31 July 2095 at 07:29 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.