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
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 31 July 2078 at 21:11.
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 ∠1917"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1917" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2078 after 17 days on 23 August 2078 at 08:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 7 August 2078 at 19:52
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 15 August 2078 at 17:34
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 August 2078 at 08:11
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 30 August 2078 at 02:16
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 971 / 1924
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 971 of Meeus index or 1924 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
Length of current 971 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 43 minutes. It is 2 hours and 24 minutes shorter than next lunation 972 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 1 minute shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 8 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠50.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠50.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠80.3°. 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 after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 1 August 2078 at 02:41 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 14 August 2078 at 20:09 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 373 991 km
Moon is 373 991 km (232 387 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 178 km (251 145 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 1 August 2078 at 08:13 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 14 August 2078 at 22:47 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
4 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 00:22 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠27.132°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-27.225° in its southern standstill point on 19 August 2078 at 07:52 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 7 August 2078 at 19:52 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.