Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 2 July 2019 at 19:16.
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 ∠21° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1941"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1941" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2019 after 13 days on 16 July 2019 at 21:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 9 July 2019 at 10:55
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 16 July 2019 at 21:38
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 25 July 2019 at 01:18
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 1 August 2019 at 03:12
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 241 / 1194
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 241 of Meeus index or 1194 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 56 minutes. It is 31 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠321.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠321.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠340.5°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 23 June 2019 at 07:50 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 5 July 2019 at 04:54 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 369 196 km
The Moon is 369 196 km (229 408 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 363 729 km (226 011 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♋ Cancer at 06:53 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 16 July 2019 at 09:05 in ♑ Capricorn.
New draconic month
At 06:53 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 2 July 2019 at 22:02 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.379°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.375° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 July 2019 at 22:49 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 16 July 2019 at 21:38 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.
