Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 23 June 2009 Tuesday is Waxing Crescent, 1 day young Moon is in Cancer.

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Lunar calendar 2009 | June 2009

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

Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.

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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 22 June 2009 at 19:35.

Moonrise and moonset

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

Moon in ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"

Lunar disc appears visually 4.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1888".

Buck Moon after 13 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2009 after 13 days on 7 July 2009 at 09:21.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 29 June 2009 at 11:28
  • Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 7 July 2009 at 09:21
  • Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 15 July 2009 at 09:53
  • New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 22 July 2009 at 02:35

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 117 / 1070

The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 117 of Meeus index or 1070 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.29 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 1 minute. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2009. It is 27 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 5 hours and 44 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 25 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠349.4°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠349.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠4.5°.

Moon at perigee

Moon is at perigee at 10:39. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 10 June 2009 at 16:04 in ♑ Capricorn. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next apogee on 7 July 2009 at 21:39 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Distance to Moon 358 018 km

This perigee Moon is 358 018 km (222 462 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 490 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 12 338 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.

Moon before descending node

12 days after ascending node on 11 June 2009 at 10:15 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 24 June 2009 at 17:24 in ♋ Cancer.

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Draconic month

12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon after northern standstill

1 day since the previous standstill on 22 June 2009 at 02:48 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.446°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.460° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 July 2009 at 07:34 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Syzygy in 13 days

In 13 days on 7 July 2009 at 09:21 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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