Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 30 July 2022 Saturday is Waxing Crescent, 2 days young Moon is in Leo.

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Lunar calendar 2022 | July 2022

Waxing Crescent phase
Waxing Crescent phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.

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Moon phase and lunation details

1 day after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 28 July 2022 at 17:55.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon in ♌ Leo

Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♍ Virgo later.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1797"

Lunar disc appears visually 5.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1797" and ∠1890".

Sturgeon Moon after 12 days

Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2022 after 12 days on 12 August 2022 at 01:36.

Upcoming main Moon phases

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 279 / 1232

The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 279 of Meeus index or 1232 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.6 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 22 minutes. It is 45 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 longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠202°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠202°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠230.2°.

Moon after apogee

4 days after point of apogee on 26 July 2022 at 10:22 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 10 August 2022 at 17:14 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Distance to Moon 398 886 km

The Moon is 398 886 km (247 856 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 830 km (223 588 mi).

Moon before descending node

8 days after ascending node on 22 July 2022 at 09:21 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 5 August 2022 at 20:30 in ♏ Scorpio.

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Draconic month

8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon after northern standstill

4 days since the previous standstill on 26 July 2022 at 09:19 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.941°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.024° at the point of next southern standstill on 9 August 2022 at 06:36 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Syzygy in 12 days

In 12 days on 12 August 2022 at 01:36 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.

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