Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 6% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and getting smaller. The 27 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 27 July 2073 at 04:29.
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 ∠12° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1861"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1861" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2073 after 16 days on 17 August 2073 at 17:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 3 August 2073 at 17:04
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 10 August 2073 at 09:54
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 17 August 2073 at 17:45
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 25 August 2073 at 21:05
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 909 / 1862
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 909 of Meeus index or 1862 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 909 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 48 minutes. It is 59 minutes longer than next lunation 910 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 56 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 13 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠284.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠284.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠313.1°. 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
6 days after point of apogee on 25 July 2073 at 19:45 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 August 2073 at 17:22 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 385 243 km
Moon is 385 243 km (239 379 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 543 km (227 138 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 21 July 2073 at 02:27 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 4 August 2073 at 08:57 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
24 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 07:46 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠19.570°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-19.556° in its southern standstill point on 14 August 2073 at 02:57 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 3 August 2073 at 17:04 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.