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Moon ♌ Leo
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 7 August 2053 at 10:25.
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 leaving the last ∠1° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♌ Leo later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2053 after 16 days on 29 August 2053 at 07:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 14 August 2053 at 00:41
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 21 August 2053 at 04:27
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 29 August 2053 at 07:53
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 5 September 2053 at 17:05
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 662 / 1615
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 662 of Meeus index or 1615 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 15 minutes. It is 1 hour and 40 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 29 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 40 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠7.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠7.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠23.3°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 14:58. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 28 July 2053 at 06:44 in ♑ Capricorn. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next apogee on 24 August 2053 at 18:27 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 360 223 km
This perigee Moon is 360 223 km (223 832 mi) away from Earth. It is 2 285 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 10 133 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 2 August 2053 at 22:15 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 15 August 2053 at 17:54 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 10 August 2053 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.377°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.341° at the point of next southern standstill on 24 August 2053 at 02:41 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 14 August 2053 at 00:41 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.
