Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 10% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 10% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 14 July 2085 at 00:24.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1824"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1824" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2085 after 18 days on 5 August 2085 at 17:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 21 July 2085 at 17:43
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 29 July 2085 at 20:47
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 5 August 2085 at 17:29
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 12 August 2085 at 09:00
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 1057 / 2010
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 1057 of Meeus index or 2010 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
Length of current 1057 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 25 minutes. It is 1 hour and 3 minutes shorter than next lunation 1058 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 41 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 22 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠128.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠128.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠156.8°. 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 before apogee
9 days after point of perigee on 8 July 2085 at 19:46 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 24 July 2085 at 03:49 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 393 027 km
Moon is 393 027 km (244 216 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 5 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 307 km (252 467 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 6 July 2085 at 11:16 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 19 July 2085 at 10:21 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 08:40 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠24.116°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-24.052° in its southern standstill point on 1 August 2085 at 23:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 21 July 2085 at 17:43 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.