Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 8% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% 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 31 July 2059 at 16:43.
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 ∠11° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1829"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1829" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2059 after 17 days on 23 August 2059 at 09:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 8 August 2059 at 07:37
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 August 2059 at 11:40
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 August 2059 at 09:42
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 30 August 2059 at 01:05
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 736 / 1689
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 736 of Meeus index or 1689 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
Length of current 736 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 39 minutes. It is 1 hour and 44 minutes shorter than next lunation 737 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 55 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 8 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠119.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠119.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠149.3°. 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 before apogee
9 days after point of perigee on 26 July 2059 at 20:05 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 11 August 2059 at 09:12 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 391 964 km
Moon is 391 964 km (243 555 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 5 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 129 km (252 357 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 1 August 2059 at 19:16 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 August 2059 at 07:59 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 06:00 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠26.681°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-26.789° in its southern standstill point on 19 August 2059 at 20:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 8 August 2059 at 07:37 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.