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Moon* ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 21 July 2049 at 18:48.
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 ∠21° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1890".
Sturgeon Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2049 after 15 days on 13 August 2049 at 09:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 29 July 2049 at 20:07
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 6 August 2049 at 17:52
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 13 August 2049 at 09:19
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 20 August 2049 at 07:10
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 612 / 1565
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 612 of Meeus index or 1565 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 612 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 17 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2049. It is 6 minutes longer than next lunation 613 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 33 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 30 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠162.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠162.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠185.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of perigee on 15 July 2049 at 07:18 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 29 July 2049 at 04:27 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 405 243 km
Moon is 405 243 km (251 806 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 570 km (252 631 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after its descending node on 24 July 2049 at 21:01 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 8 August 2049 at 08:48 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days after previous North standstill on 25 July 2049 at 17:25 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠22.002°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-21.891° in the next southern standstill on 9 August 2049 at 04:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 29 July 2049 at 20:07 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.