Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 10% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 10% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2019 after 11 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
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 241 / 1194
The Moon is 3 days 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 at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 04:54. It is 11 days after previous apogee on 23 June 2019 at 07:50 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next apogee on 21 July 2019 at 00:01 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 363 729 km
This perigee Moon is 363 729 km (226 011 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 221 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 6 627 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 3 July 2019 at 06:53 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 16 July 2019 at 09:05 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days 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 10 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 11 days
In 11 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.
