Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 3 July 2008 at 02:19.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1933"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1933" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2008 after 13 days on 18 July 2008 at 07:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 10 July 2008 at 04:35
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 18 July 2008 at 07:59
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 25 July 2008 at 18:42
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 1 August 2008 at 10:13
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 105 / 1058
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 105 of Meeus index or 1058 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 105 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 54 minutes. It is 1 hour and 51 minutes shorter than next lunation 106 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 50 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 19 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠20.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠20.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠39.2°. 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
2 days after point of perigee on 1 July 2008 at 21:22 in ♊ Gemini. 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 14 July 2008 at 04:13 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 370 744 km
Moon is 370 744 km (230 370 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 452 km (251 936 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 22 June 2008 at 23:17 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 5 July 2008 at 15:53 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
2 days after previous North standstill on 1 July 2008 at 21:36 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.541°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.566° in the next southern standstill on 15 July 2008 at 15:03 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 18 July 2008 at 07:59 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.