Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 12 July 2043 Sunday is Waxing Crescent, 6 days young Moon is in Libra.

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Lunar calendar 2043 | July 2043

Waxing Crescent phase
Waxing Crescent phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waxing Crescent 35% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 35% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.

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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 6 July 2043 at 17:51.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon is entering ♎ Libra

Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1807"

Lunar disc appears visually 4.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1807" and ∠1887".

Buck Moon after 9 days

Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2043 after 9 days on 22 July 2043 at 03:24.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 14 July 2043 at 01:47
  • Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 22 July 2043 at 03:24
  • Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 29 July 2043 at 08:23
  • New Moon in Leo ♌ on 5 August 2043 at 02:23

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 538 / 1491

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 538 of Meeus index or 1491 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.36 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 32 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 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 12 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 57 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠33.6°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠33.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠57.1°.

Moon before perigee

7 days after point of perigee on 4 July 2043 at 16:08 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 July 2043 at 14:34 in ♏ Scorpio.

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Distance to Moon 396 597 km

The Moon is 396 597 km (246 434 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 723 km (251 483 mi).

Moon in descending node

Moon is in descending node in ♎ Libra at 12:01 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 14 days later on 26 July 2043 at 19:43 in ♓ Pisces.

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Draconic month

12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the cycle.

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Moon after northern standstill

6 days since the previous standstill on 5 July 2043 at 19:20 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.429°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.464° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 July 2043 at 20:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Syzygy in 9 days

In 9 days on 22 July 2043 at 03:24 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.

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