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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 1% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 7 days on 27 June 2073 at 11:12.
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 ∠3° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1851"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1851" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2073 after 14 days on 19 July 2073 at 05:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 5 July 2073 at 07:16
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 12 July 2073 at 05:16
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 19 July 2073 at 05:04
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 July 2073 at 04:29
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 908 / 1861
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 908 of Meeus index or 1861 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
Length of current 908 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 25 minutes. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes longer than next lunation 909 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 19 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 50 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠250°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠250°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠284.5°. 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
6 days after point of apogee on 28 June 2073 at 01:09 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 11 July 2073 at 07:01 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 387 340 km
Moon is 387 340 km (240 682 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 523 km (229 611 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 23 June 2073 at 19:45 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 8 July 2073 at 01:28 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
23 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 22:14 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠19.610°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-19.591° in its southern standstill point on 17 July 2073 at 20:15 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 5 July 2073 at 07:16 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.