Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 24% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 24% and growing larger. The 5 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 19 June 2050 at 08:22.
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 ∠2° of ♍ Virgo 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 ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2050 after 10 days on 4 July 2050 at 18:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 27 June 2050 at 09:17
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 4 July 2050 at 18:51
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 11 July 2050 at 09:46
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 18 July 2050 at 21:17
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 624 / 1577
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 624 of Meeus index or 1577 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
Length of current 624 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 55 minutes. It is 1 hour and 36 minutes shorter than next lunation 625 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 11 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 52 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠104.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠104.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠137°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
14 days after point of perigee on 9 June 2050 at 18:25 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 25 June 2050 at 04:29 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 405 368 km
Moon is 405 368 km (251 884 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 736 km (251 491 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 16 June 2050 at 11:27 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 30 June 2050 at 22:15 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 18 June 2050 at 15:49 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠20.513°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-20.482° in the next southern standstill on 3 July 2050 at 03:14 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 4 July 2050 at 18:51 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.