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Quarter* ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 42% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 42% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 7 days on 18 June 2023 at 04:37.
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 ∠25° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1786"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1786" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2023 after 7 days on 3 July 2023 at 11:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 26 June 2023 at 07:50
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 3 July 2023 at 11:39
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 10 July 2023 at 01:48
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 17 July 2023 at 18:32
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 290 / 1243
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 290 of Meeus index or 1243 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 55 minutes. It is 1 hour and 11 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 11 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 52 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠127.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠127.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠155.7°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 22 June 2023 at 18:30 in ♌ Leo. 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 4 July 2023 at 22:28 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 401 220 km
The Moon is 401 220 km (249 307 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 151 km (223 787 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 14 June 2023 at 00:05 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 June 2023 at 12:22 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 18 June 2023 at 21:07 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.833°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.840° at the point of next southern standstill on 3 July 2023 at 01:23 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 3 July 2023 at 11:39 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.
