Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 20% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 20% 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 8 June 2013 at 15:56.
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 ∠16° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1797"
Lunar disc appears visually 5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1797" and ∠1889".
Strawberry Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2013 after 9 days on 23 June 2013 at 11:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 16 June 2013 at 17:24
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 23 June 2013 at 11:32
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 30 June 2013 at 04:54
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 8 July 2013 at 07:14
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 166 / 1119
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 166 of Meeus index or 1119 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 166 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 18 minutes. It is 42 minutes longer than next lunation 167 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 34 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 29 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠168.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠168.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠191.6°. 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
3 days after point of apogee on 9 June 2013 at 21:40 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 June 2013 at 11:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 398 970 km
Moon is 398 970 km (247 908 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 990 km (221 823 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 6 June 2013 at 00:59 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 20 June 2013 at 09:51 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 8 June 2013 at 19:16 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠20.200°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-20.186° in the next southern standstill on 22 June 2013 at 16:11 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 23 June 2013 at 11:32 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.