Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 4% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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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 22 June 2028 at 18:27.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♋ Cancer
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♌ Leo later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1942"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1942" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2028 after 12 days on 6 July 2028 at 18:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 29 June 2028 at 12:10
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 6 July 2028 at 18:11
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 14 July 2028 at 20:57
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 22 July 2028 at 03:02
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 352 / 1305
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 352 of Meeus index or 1305 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 34 minutes. It is 52 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 10 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 59 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠308.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠308.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠330.4°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 14 June 2028 at 04:46 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 26 June 2028 at 04:14 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 369 164 km
The Moon is 369 164 km (229 388 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 533 km (227 753 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♋ Cancer at 06:42 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 12 days later on 7 July 2028 at 09:34 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 21 June 2028 at 22:15 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.920°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.933° at the point of next southern standstill on 4 July 2028 at 18:46 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 6 July 2028 at 18:11 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.
