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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 1% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 7 days on 11 June 2012 at 10:41.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises after midnight to early morning and sets in the afternoon. It is visible in the early morning low to the east.
Moon in ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1777"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1777" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2012 after 15 days on 3 July 2012 at 18:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 19 June 2012 at 15:02
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 27 June 2012 at 03:30
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 3 July 2012 at 18:52
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 11 July 2012 at 01:48
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 153 / 1106
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 153 of Meeus index or 1106 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 153 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 15 minutes. It is 1 hour and 53 minutes longer than next lunation 154 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 31 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 32 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠191.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠191.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠217.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 16 June 2012 at 01:24 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 1 July 2012 at 18:01 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 403 364 km
Moon is 403 364 km (250 639 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 13 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 363 km (225 162 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 17 June 2012 at 15:43 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 1 July 2012 at 05:45 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 17:37 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠21.721°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-21.701° in its southern standstill point on 2 July 2012 at 03:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 19 June 2012 at 15:02 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.