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Moon* ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 6 July 2083 at 20:33.
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 ∠4° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1784"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1784" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2083 after 15 days on 29 July 2083 at 01:00.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 July 2083 at 23:54
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 22 July 2083 at 08:56
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 29 July 2083 at 01:00
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 5 August 2083 at 12:38
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 1032 / 1985
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 1032 of Meeus index or 1985 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 17 minutes. It is 1 hour and 26 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 33 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 30 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠203.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠203.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠232°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 10 July 2083 at 10:51 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 26 July 2083 at 06:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 401 883 km
The Moon is 401 883 km (249 719 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 756 km (226 649 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 1 July 2083 at 19:10 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 July 2083 at 06:07 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 12 July 2083 at 11:43 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.931°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.954° at the point of next southern standstill on 26 July 2083 at 00:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 14 July 2083 at 23:54 in ♋ Cancer the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
