Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 3% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 21 July 2003 at 07:01.
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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1811"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1811" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2003 after 15 days on 12 August 2003 at 04:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 29 July 2003 at 06:53
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 5 August 2003 at 07:28
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 12 August 2003 at 04:48
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 20 August 2003 at 00:48
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 43 / 996
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 43 of Meeus index or 996 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
Length of current 43 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour and 40 minutes longer than next lunation 44 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 30 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 39 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠234.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠234.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠268.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 22 July 2003 at 19:37 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 August 2003 at 14:06 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 395 807 km
Moon is 395 807 km (245 943 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 437 km (229 558 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 23 July 2003 at 18:44 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 6 August 2003 at 06:49 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 03:55 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠26.493°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-26.553° in its southern standstill point on 9 August 2003 at 06:19 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 29 July 2003 at 06:53 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.