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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 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 12 July 2020 at 23:29.
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 ∠12° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1857"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1857" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2020 after 15 days on 3 August 2020 at 15:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 20 July 2020 at 17:33
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 27 July 2020 at 12:32
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 3 August 2020 at 15:59
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 11 August 2020 at 16:45
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 253 / 1206
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 253 of Meeus index or 1206 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 52 minutes. It is 1 hour and 43 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 1 hour and 53 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 17 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠263.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠263.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠296.9°.
Moon before apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 12 July 2020 at 19:27 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 25 July 2020 at 04:54 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 385 898 km
The Moon is 385 898 km (239 786 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 367 km (228 893 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 18 July 2020 at 12:33 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 31 July 2020 at 09:32 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at northern standstill
At 11:51 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠24.069°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-24.087° at the point of next standstill in ♑ Capricorn on 1 August 2020 at 08:47.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 20 July 2020 at 17:33 in ♋ Cancer 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.
