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Quarter* ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 43% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 43% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 5 May 2008 at 12:18.
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 ∠13° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1907"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1907" and ∠1899".
Flower Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2008 after 8 days on 20 May 2008 at 02:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 12 May 2008 at 03:47
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 20 May 2008 at 02:11
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 28 May 2008 at 02:57
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 3 June 2008 at 19:23
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 103 / 1056
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 103 of Meeus index or 1056 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.29 days
Length of current 103 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 4 minutes. It is 8 minutes longer than next lunation 104 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 40 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 29 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠349.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠349.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠4.4°. 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 after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 6 May 2008 at 03:22 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 20 May 2008 at 14:27 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 375 790 km
Moon is 375 790 km (233 505 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 404 km (252 528 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 29 April 2008 at 20:07 in ♒ Aquarius, 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 12 May 2008 at 06:37 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
11 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 8 May 2008 at 01:51 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.625°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.542° in the next southern standstill on 22 May 2008 at 04:00 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 20 May 2008 at 02:11 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.