Waxing
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 31% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 31% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 10 April 2013 at 09:35.
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 ∠5° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1911".
Pink Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2013 after 9 days on 25 April 2013 at 19:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 18 April 2013 at 12:31
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 25 April 2013 at 19:57
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 2 May 2013 at 11:14
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 10 May 2013 at 00:29
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 164 / 1117
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 164 of Meeus index or 1117 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 53 minutes. It is 35 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 54 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠110.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠110.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠143.3°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 15 April 2013 at 22:21 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 27 April 2013 at 19:48 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 405 169 km
The Moon is 405 169 km (251 760 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 268 km (225 103 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 12 April 2013 at 12:12 in ♉ Taurus. 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 26 April 2013 at 14:07 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 15 April 2013 at 05:29 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠20.189°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.170° at the point of next southern standstill on 28 April 2013 at 19:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 25 April 2013 at 19:57 in ♎ Libra 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.
