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Moon* ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 1% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and getting smaller. The 28 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 16 July 2036 at 14:39.
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 ∠17° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1965"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2036 after 15 days on 7 August 2036 at 02:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 23 July 2036 at 10:17
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 30 July 2036 at 02:56
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 7 August 2036 at 02:49
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 15 August 2036 at 01:36
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 451 / 1404
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 451 of Meeus index or 1404 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 7 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2036. It is 11 minutes shorter 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 5 hours and 37 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 32 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠338.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠338.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠354.1°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 10 July 2036 at 16:20 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 July 2036 at 18:38 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 364 853 km
The Moon is 364 853 km (226 709 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 534 km (222 161 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 11 July 2036 at 00:53 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 24 July 2036 at 11:36 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at northern standstill
At 00:37 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠19.877°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-19.865° at the point of next standstill in ♑ Capricorn on 4 August 2036 at 03:31.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 23 July 2036 at 10:17 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.
