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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 18 minutes. It is 42 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 34 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 29 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠168.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠168.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠191.6°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 9 June 2013 at 21:40 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 June 2013 at 11:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 398 970 km
The Moon is 398 970 km (247 908 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 990 km (221 823 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 6 June 2013 at 00:59 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 20 June 2013 at 09:51 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
20 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
4 days since the previous standstill on 8 June 2013 at 19:16 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠20.200°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.186° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 June 2013 at 16:11 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 23 June 2013 at 11:32 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.
