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Moon ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
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 14 July 2028 at 20:57.
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 ∠6° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1909"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1909" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2028 after 15 days on 5 August 2028 at 08:10.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 22 July 2028 at 03:02
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 July 2028 at 17:40
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 5 August 2028 at 08:10
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 13 August 2028 at 11:45
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 352 / 1305
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 352 of Meeus index or 1305 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 34 minutes. It is 52 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 10 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 59 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠308.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠308.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠330.4°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 11 July 2028 at 22:26 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 July 2028 at 22:14 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 375 545 km
The Moon is 375 545 km (233 353 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 633 km (224 708 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after ascending node on 7 July 2028 at 09:34 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 21 July 2028 at 16:09 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 19 July 2028 at 07:49 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.940°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.931° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 August 2028 at 00:38 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 22 July 2028 at 03:02 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.
