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Moon ♋ Cancer
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 4% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 25 July 2019 at 01:18.
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 ∠15° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1930"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1930" and ∠1890".
Sturgeon Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2019 after 16 days on 15 August 2019 at 12:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 1 August 2019 at 03:12
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 7 August 2019 at 17:31
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 15 August 2019 at 12:29
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 23 August 2019 at 14:56
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 241 / 1194
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 241 of Meeus index or 1194 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 56 minutes. It is 31 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠321.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠321.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠340.5°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 21 July 2019 at 00:01 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 2 August 2019 at 07:08 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 371 422 km
The Moon is 371 422 km (230 791 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 398 km (223 320 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♋ Cancer at 17:02 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 12 August 2019 at 14:45 in ♑ Capricorn.
New draconic month
At 17:02 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon at northern standstill
At 08:10 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠22.384°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-22.399° at the point of next standstill in ♑ Capricorn on 12 August 2019 at 04:28.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 1 August 2019 at 03:12 in ♌ Leo the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
