Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 31% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 31% and getting smaller. The 24 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 2 July 2097 at 17:05.
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 ∠6° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1930"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1930" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2097 after 19 days on 24 July 2097 at 09:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 9 July 2097 at 08:58
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 16 July 2097 at 06:10
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 24 July 2097 at 09:54
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 1 August 2097 at 01:24
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 1205 / 2158
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 1205 of Meeus index or 2158 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.28 days
Length of current 1205 lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 44 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2097. It is 18 minutes shorter than next lunation 1206 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 9 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠355.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠355.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠10°. 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
10 days after point of apogee on 24 June 2097 at 09:04 in ♐ Sagittarius. 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 2097 at 18:43 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 371 374 km
Moon is 371 374 km (230 761 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 840 km (222 351 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♉ Taurus at 19:44 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 17 July 2097 at 10:55 in ♏ Scorpio.
New draconic month
At 19:44 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 25 June 2097 at 00:31 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.434°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.459° in the next northern standstill on 8 July 2097 at 15:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 9 July 2097 at 08:58 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.