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Moon* ♋ Cancer
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
7 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 7 days on 1 July 2040 at 10:18.
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 ∠7° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2040 after 15 days on 24 July 2040 at 02:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 9 July 2040 at 09:15
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 17 July 2040 at 09:16
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 24 July 2040 at 02:05
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 30 July 2040 at 21:06
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 500 / 1453
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 500 of Meeus index or 1453 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 500 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 12 minutes. It is longer than next lunation 501 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 28 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 35 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠152°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠152°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠175.9°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of perigee on 25 June 2040 at 09:33 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 9 July 2040 at 20:13 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 404 776 km
Moon is 404 776 km (251 516 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 581 km (252 638 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 5 July 2040 at 15:32 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 July 2040 at 02:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 16:14 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠26.142°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-26.179° in its southern standstill point on 22 July 2040 at 14:28 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 9 July 2040 at 09:15 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.