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
Length of current 18 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 47 minutes. It is 36 minutes longer than next lunation 19 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 12 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠324.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠324.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠342.5°. 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 after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 23 June 2001 at 17:14 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 14 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 9 July 2001 at 11:24 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 363 569 km
Moon is 363 569 km (225 911 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 14 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 565 km (252 006 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 21 June 2001 at 22:11 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 5 July 2001 at 00:48 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days after previous North standstill on 22 June 2001 at 07:47 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.418°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.413° in the next southern standstill on 5 July 2001 at 12:19 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 5 July 2001 at 15:04 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.