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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 37% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 37% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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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 5 July 2024 at 22:57.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♎ Libra 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 2024 after 8 days on 21 July 2024 at 10:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 13 July 2024 at 22:49
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 21 July 2024 at 10:17
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 July 2024 at 02:51
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 4 August 2024 at 11:13
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 303 / 1256
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 303 of Meeus index or 1256 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 27 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 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠93.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠93.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠127.3°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 08:12. It is 14 days after previous perigee on 27 June 2024 at 11:45 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 11 days, until point of next perigee on 24 July 2024 at 05:43 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 404 363 km
This apogee Moon is 404 363 km (251 260 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 045 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 346 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♎ Libra at 22:27 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 26 July 2024 at 05:33 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 5 July 2024 at 00:08 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.352°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.404° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 July 2024 at 10:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 21 July 2024 at 10:17 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.
