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
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 7 August 2072 at 04:15.
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 ∠14° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1932"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1932" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2072 after 17 days on 28 August 2072 at 15:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 14 August 2072 at 01:21
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 August 2072 at 17:20
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 August 2072 at 15:59
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 5 September 2072 at 16:19
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 897 / 1850
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 897 of Meeus index or 1850 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
Length of current 897 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 25 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2072. It is 21 minutes shorter than next lunation 898 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 50 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠333.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠333.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠350.4°. 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
9 days after point of apogee on 1 August 2072 at 19:10 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 14 August 2072 at 14:59 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 370 982 km
Moon is 370 982 km (230 518 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 834 km (222 348 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 1 August 2072 at 17:10 in ♓ Pisces, 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 15 August 2072 at 05:10 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 10 August 2072 at 21:36 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.592°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.564° in the next southern standstill on 23 August 2072 at 14:36 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 14 August 2072 at 01:21 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.