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Quarter* ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
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 ♍ Virgo.
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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 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 ∠0° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2046 after 8 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 6 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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 47 minutes. It is 47 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠304.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠304.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠328°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 7 July 2046 at 18:06 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 23 July 2046 at 10:37 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 363 332 km
The Moon is 363 332 km (225 764 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 859 km (251 568 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 5 July 2046 at 15:30 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 18 July 2046 at 17:49 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 2 July 2046 at 13:24 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.701°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.722° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 July 2046 at 09:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 18 July 2046 at 00:55 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
