Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 12% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 12 June 2029 at 03:51.
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 ∠5° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1892"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1892" and ∠1889".
Strawberry Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2029 after 10 days on 26 June 2029 at 03:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 19 June 2029 at 09:54
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 26 June 2029 at 03:22
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 3 July 2029 at 17:58
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 11 July 2029 at 15:51
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 364 / 1317
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 364 of Meeus index or 1317 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 56 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 44 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 26 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠244.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠244.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠279.1°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 6 June 2029 at 22:09 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 22 June 2029 at 15:35 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 378 782 km
The Moon is 378 782 km (235 364 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 596 km (227 792 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 13 June 2029 at 04:49 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 26 June 2029 at 03:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 11 June 2029 at 22:05 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.392°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.401° at the point of next southern standstill on 24 June 2029 at 23:29 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 26 June 2029 at 03:22 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.
