Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 6% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and growing larger. The 2 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 25 June 2025 at 10:31.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1884"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1884" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2025 after 13 days on 10 July 2025 at 20:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 2 July 2025 at 19:30
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 10 July 2025 at 20:37
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 18 July 2025 at 00:38
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 24 July 2025 at 19:11
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 315 / 1268
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 315 of Meeus index or 1268 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 40 minutes. It is 2 hours and 15 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 4 hours and 4 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 5 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠36.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠36.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠60.5°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 23 June 2025 at 04:43 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 5 July 2025 at 02:29 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 380 443 km
The Moon is 380 443 km (236 396 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 627 km (251 424 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 18 June 2025 at 09:41 in ♓ Pisces. 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 1 July 2025 at 03:46 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, 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 25 June 2025 at 01:43 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.402°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.423° at the point of next southern standstill on 9 July 2025 at 06:03 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 10 July 2025 at 20:37 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.
