Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 12% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 21 June 2001 at 11:58.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2001 after 11 days on 5 July 2001 at 15:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 June 2001 at 03:20
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 5 July 2001 at 15:04
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 13 July 2001 at 18:45
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 20 July 2001 at 19:44
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 18 / 971
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 18 of Meeus index or 971 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.32 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 47 minutes. It is 36 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠324.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠324.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠342.5°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 23 June 2001 at 17:14 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 9 July 2001 at 11:24 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 363 569 km
The Moon is 363 569 km (225 911 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 14 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 565 km (252 006 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 21 June 2001 at 22:11 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 5 July 2001 at 00:48 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 22 June 2001 at 07:47 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.418°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.413° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 July 2001 at 12:19 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 5 July 2001 at 15:04 in ♑ Capricorn the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
