Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 10% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 10% 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 29 July 2062 at 10:04.
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 ∠5° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2062 after 17 days on 20 August 2062 at 03:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 5 August 2062 at 00:40
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 12 August 2062 at 00:21
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 20 August 2062 at 03:55
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 August 2062 at 17:49
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 773 / 1726
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 773 of Meeus index or 1726 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.28 days
Length of current 773 lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 48 minutes. It is 1 hour and 14 minutes shorter than next lunation 774 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 13 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠358.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠358.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠14°. 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 perigee
13 days after point of apogee on 20 July 2062 at 10:49 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 August 2062 at 04:41 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 363 906 km
Moon is 363 906 km (226 121 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 393 km (222 695 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 26 July 2062 at 00:55 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 7 August 2062 at 17:38 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 02:58 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠28.542°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-28.592° in its southern standstill point on 15 August 2062 at 06:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 5 August 2062 at 00:40 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.