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Moon ♌ Leo
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 3% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% 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 29 July 2043 at 08:23.
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 ∠20° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1932"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1932" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2043 after 17 days on 20 August 2043 at 15:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 5 August 2043 at 02:23
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 12 August 2043 at 18:57
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 20 August 2043 at 15:04
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 August 2043 at 13:09
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 538 / 1491
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 538 of Meeus index or 1491 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
Length of current 538 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 32 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter than next lunation 539 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 12 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 57 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠33.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠33.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠57.1°. 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 after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 1 August 2043 at 05:13 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 13 August 2043 at 08:32 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 371 089 km
Moon is 371 089 km (230 584 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 190 km (251 152 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 26 July 2043 at 19:43 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 8 August 2043 at 16:43 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 2 August 2043 at 03:11 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.531°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.600° in the next southern standstill on 16 August 2043 at 03:37 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 5 August 2043 at 02:23 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.