Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 33% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 33% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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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 29 April 2033 at 02:46.
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 passing about ∠24° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1830"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1830" and ∠1902".
Flower Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2033 after 9 days on 14 May 2033 at 10:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 6 May 2033 at 06:45
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 14 May 2033 at 10:43
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 21 May 2033 at 18:29
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 28 May 2033 at 11:36
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 412 / 1365
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 412 of Meeus index or 1365 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 50 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2033. It is 40 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 3 hours and 54 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 15 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠25.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠25.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠46°.
Moon before perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 27 April 2033 at 14:44 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 9 May 2033 at 16:25 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 391 750 km
The Moon is 391 750 km (243 422 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 167 km (251 759 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 27 April 2033 at 21:57 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 11 May 2033 at 17:56 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, 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 2 May 2033 at 06:31 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.619°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.668° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 May 2033 at 20:25 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 14 May 2033 at 10:43 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
