Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 21 June 2007 Thursday is Waxing Crescent, 6 days young Moon is in Virgo.

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Lunar calendar 2007 | June 2007

Waxing Crescent phase
Waxing Crescent phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waxing Crescent 40% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 40% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.

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Moon phase and lunation details

6 days after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 15 June 2007 at 03:13.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon in ♍ Virgo

Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1791"

Lunar disc appears visually 5.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1791" and ∠1888".

Strawberry Moon after 9 days

Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2007 after 9 days on 30 June 2007 at 13:49.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 22 June 2007 at 13:15
  • Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 30 June 2007 at 13:49
  • Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 7 July 2007 at 16:54
  • New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 July 2007 at 12:04

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 92 / 1045

The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 92 of Meeus index or 1045 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.37 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 51 minutes. It is 2 hours and 8 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).

Lunation length shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 53 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 16 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠38.7°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠38.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠64.2°.

Moon before perigee

8 days after point of perigee on 12 June 2007 at 17:07 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 24 June 2007 at 14:25 in ♎ Libra.

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Distance to Moon 400 251 km

The Moon is 400 251 km (248 704 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 540 km (251 370 mi).

Moon after descending node

1 day after descending node on 20 June 2007 at 19:32 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 July 2007 at 01:39 in ♓ Pisces.

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Draconic month

13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the cycle.

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Moon after northern standstill

6 days since the previous standstill on 15 June 2007 at 08:31 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.212°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.215° at the point of next southern standstill on 29 June 2007 at 15:41 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Syzygy in 9 days

In 9 days on 30 June 2007 at 13:49 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.

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