Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 21% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 21% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 12 June 2010 at 11:15.
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 ∠19° 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 ∠1889".
Strawberry Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2010 after 9 days on 26 June 2010 at 11:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 19 June 2010 at 04:30
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 26 June 2010 at 11:30
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 4 July 2010 at 14:35
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 11 July 2010 at 19:40
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 129 / 1082
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 129 of Meeus index or 1082 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 26 minutes. It is 58 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 18 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 51 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠311.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠311.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠332.7°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 15 June 2010 at 14:54 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 1 July 2010 at 10:12 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 363 576 km
The Moon is 363 576 km (225 916 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 14 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 036 km (251 678 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 13 June 2010 at 21:54 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 27 June 2010 at 01:19 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 12 June 2010 at 07:06 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.030°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.038° at the point of next southern standstill on 25 June 2010 at 05:09 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 26 June 2010 at 11:30 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.
