Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 12% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 17 July 2023 at 18:32.
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 ∠9° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1772"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1772" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2023 after 11 days on 1 August 2023 at 18:31.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 25 July 2023 at 22:07
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 1 August 2023 at 18:31
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 8 August 2023 at 10:28
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 16 August 2023 at 09:38
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 291 / 1244
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 291 of Meeus index or 1244 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 6 minutes. It is 56 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 2 hours and 22 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 41 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠155.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠155.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠179.2°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 20 July 2023 at 06:56 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 2 August 2023 at 05:52 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 404 482 km
The Moon is 404 482 km (251 333 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 311 km (222 023 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 11 July 2023 at 01:23 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 25 July 2023 at 15:05 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
10 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
5 days since the previous standstill on 16 July 2023 at 02:40 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.849°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.924° at the point of next southern standstill on 30 July 2023 at 11:13 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 1 August 2023 at 18:31 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
