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 16 June 2034 at 10:26.
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 ∠9° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1883"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1883" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2034 after 12 days on 1 July 2034 at 17:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 23 June 2034 at 14:35
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 1 July 2034 at 17:44
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 9 July 2034 at 01:59
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 15 July 2034 at 18:15
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 426 / 1379
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 426 of Meeus index or 1379 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 49 minutes. It is 1 hour and 49 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 4 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠25.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠25.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠45.9°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 14 June 2034 at 21:42 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 27 June 2034 at 00:19 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 380 655 km
The Moon is 380 655 km (236 528 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 126 km (251 734 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 10 June 2034 at 13:46 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 June 2034 at 06:36 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
23 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 16 June 2034 at 18:29 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.417°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.423° at the point of next southern standstill on 30 June 2034 at 23:50 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 1 July 2034 at 17:44 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.
