05 SEPT 2026today
12 aug
11 sept
moon phase today in shanghai: waning crescent, 36% illuminated
location
tonight
05 SEPT 2026
current cycle
12 aug
11 sept
current phase
waning crescent
illum 36%
dist 364,096 km
size 105.6%
sign gemini → cancer
current cycle
cycle #32912 AUG — 11 SEPT
selected day05 SEPT 2026
selected day — light, position, moon times
phase
waning crescent · retreating
illum
35.8%
age
23.18 days
rise
23:48
set
13:55
tonight's pathshanghai
time20:00· now
altitude-28.4°
azimuth17° N
illuminated35.8%
positionunder horizon
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distance & size
dist
364,096 kmdist Δ
5.3% closersize
105.6% of meanposition
alt / az
-28° / 17°sign
gemini→ sign
cancer 22:00sun
sunrise
05:33sunset
18:15day length
12h 42mgolden
17:43blue
18:40cycle
next
new moon · —cycle
#329déjà vu
—moon phase today in shanghai
the moon is currently in a waning crescent phase, 36% illuminated, in the sign of gemini. it is slightly larger than average, at a distance of 364,096 km from earth.
from shanghai, the moon rises at 23:48 and sets at 13:55. the sun rises at 05:33 and sets at 18:15.
this is lunation #329. the next full moon is on fri, 28 aug 2026 and the next new moon on fri, 11 sept 2026.
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