Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 24 July 2025 at 19:11.
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 ∠25° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1850"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1850" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2025 after 13 days on 9 August 2025 at 07:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 1 August 2025 at 12:41
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 9 August 2025 at 07:55
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 16 August 2025 at 05:12
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 23 August 2025 at 06:06
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 316 / 1269
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 316 of Meeus index or 1269 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 55 minutes. It is 2 hours and 53 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 1 hour and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠60.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠60.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠93°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 20 July 2025 at 13:52 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 1 August 2025 at 20:37 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 387 367 km
The Moon is 387 367 km (240 699 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 164 km (251 136 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 15 July 2025 at 10:42 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 July 2025 at 08:30 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
11 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
4 days since the previous standstill on 22 July 2025 at 09:43 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.474°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.534° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 August 2025 at 13:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 9 August 2025 at 07:55 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.
