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Quarter* ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 41% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 41% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 16 June 2015 at 14:05.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2015 after 8 days on 2 July 2015 at 02:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 24 June 2015 at 11:03
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 2 July 2015 at 02:20
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 8 July 2015 at 20:24
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 16 July 2015 at 01:24
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 191 / 1144
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 191 of Meeus index or 1144 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 19 minutes. It is 2 hours and 10 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 25 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 44 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠78.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠78.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠112.8°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 17:01. It is 13 days after previous perigee on 10 June 2015 at 04:39 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 5 July 2015 at 18:54 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 404 134 km
This apogee Moon is 404 134 km (251 117 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's closest apogee of 2015. It is 1 274 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 83 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 10 June 2015 at 23:30 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 24 June 2015 at 17:23 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 16 June 2015 at 19:47 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.457°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.445° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 July 2015 at 06:48 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 2 July 2015 at 02:20 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.
