Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 2% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 30 June 2049 at 04:50.
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 ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2049 after 13 days on 15 July 2049 at 02:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 8 July 2049 at 07:10
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 15 July 2049 at 02:29
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 21 July 2049 at 18:48
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 29 July 2049 at 20:07
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 612 / 1565
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 612 of Meeus index or 1565 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 17 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2049. It is 6 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 33 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 30 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠162.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠162.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠185.8°.
Moon before perigee
14 days after point of perigee on 16 June 2049 at 22:40 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 2 July 2049 at 01:01 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 405 465 km
The Moon is 405 465 km (251 944 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 409 km (252 531 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 27 June 2049 at 17:38 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 12 July 2049 at 03:19 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 28 June 2049 at 11:03 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.088°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.045° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 July 2049 at 19:01 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 15 July 2049 at 02:29 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.
