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 22 July 2028 at 03:02.
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 ∠20° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1963"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1963" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2028 after 12 days on 5 August 2028 at 08:10.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 July 2028 at 17:40
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 5 August 2028 at 08:10
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 13 August 2028 at 11:45
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 20 August 2028 at 10:44
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 353 / 1306
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 353 of Meeus index or 1306 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.32 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 42 minutes. It is 2 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 5 hours and 2 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 7 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠330.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠330.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠347.7°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 22:14. It is 11 days after previous apogee on 11 July 2028 at 22:26 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 16 days, until point of next apogee on 8 August 2028 at 12:54 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 361 633 km
This perigee Moon is 361 633 km (224 708 mi) away from Earth. It is 875 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 8 723 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 21 July 2028 at 16:09 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 3 August 2028 at 16:20 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
16 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
4 days since the previous standstill on 19 July 2028 at 07:49 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.940°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.931° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 August 2028 at 00:38 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 5 August 2028 at 08:10 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.
