Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 7% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 7% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 27 July 2054 at 21:28.
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 ∠8° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1942"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1942" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2054 after 16 days on 18 August 2054 at 09:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 3 August 2054 at 17:48
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 10 August 2054 at 10:05
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 18 August 2054 at 09:22
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 26 August 2054 at 08:56
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 674 / 1627
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 674 of Meeus index or 1627 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
Length of current 674 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 14 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2054. It is 16 minutes shorter than next lunation 675 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 30 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 39 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠336°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠336°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠352.3°. 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 perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 22 July 2054 at 05:49 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 August 2054 at 04:47 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 369 042 km
Moon is 369 042 km (229 312 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 668 km (222 245 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 22 July 2054 at 09:02 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 4 August 2054 at 20:23 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 11:52 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠19.139°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-19.120° in its southern standstill point on 14 August 2054 at 09:17 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 3 August 2054 at 17:48 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.