Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 26% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 26% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 8 June 2032 at 01:32.
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 ∠24° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1889".
Strawberry Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2032 after 9 days on 23 June 2032 at 11:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 16 June 2032 at 03:00
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 23 June 2032 at 11:32
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 30 June 2032 at 02:12
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 7 July 2032 at 14:41
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 401 / 1354
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 401 of Meeus index or 1354 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.55 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 9 minutes. It is 1 hour and 21 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 25 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 38 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠108.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠108.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠140.6°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 16:28. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 29 May 2032 at 02:49 in ♒ Aquarius. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 25 June 2032 at 14:55 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 404 843 km
This apogee Moon is 404 843 km (251 558 mi) away from Earth. It is 565 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 866 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 5 June 2032 at 02:41 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 19 June 2032 at 13:56 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 8 June 2032 at 07:17 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.688°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.677° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 June 2032 at 16:28 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 23 June 2032 at 11:32 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.
