Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 15% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 15% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 4 July 2046 at 01:39.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1963"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1963" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2046 after 10 days on 18 July 2046 at 00:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 10 July 2046 at 19:53
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 18 July 2046 at 00:55
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 26 July 2046 at 03:19
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 2 August 2046 at 10:25
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 575 / 1528
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 575 of Meeus index or 1528 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 575 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 47 minutes. It is 47 minutes longer than next lunation 576 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 12 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠304.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠304.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠328°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 18:06, this is 12 days after last apogee on 25 June 2046 at 16:40 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 23 July 2046 at 10:37 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 367 114 km
This perigee Moon is 367 114 km (228 114 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 606 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 3 242 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 5 July 2046 at 15:30 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 18 July 2046 at 17:49 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 2 July 2046 at 13:24 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.701°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.722° in the next southern standstill on 15 July 2046 at 09:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 18 July 2046 at 00:55 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.