Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 9% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% and getting smaller. The 26 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 23 July 2057 at 10:09.
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 is entering ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1890".
Sturgeon Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2057 after 17 days on 14 August 2057 at 17:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 31 July 2057 at 14:32
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 8 August 2057 at 01:30
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 14 August 2057 at 17:21
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 22 August 2057 at 02:02
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 711 / 1664
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 711 of Meeus index or 1664 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
Length of current 711 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 45 minutes. It is 1 hour and 22 minutes longer than next lunation 712 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 2 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠196.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠196.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠222.5°. 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 after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 27 July 2057 at 15:44 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 14 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 12 August 2057 at 10:32 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 405 362 km
Moon is 405 362 km (251 880 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 14 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 290 km (225 738 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♊ Gemini at 14:55 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 11 August 2057 at 07:29 in ♑ Capricorn.
New draconic month
At 14:55 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 15 July 2057 at 13:52 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.701°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.709° in the next northern standstill on 29 July 2057 at 08:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 31 July 2057 at 14:32 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.