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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 36% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 36% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 8 July 2051 at 04:09.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2051 after 9 days on 23 July 2051 at 16:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 15 July 2051 at 23:21
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 23 July 2051 at 16:36
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 30 July 2051 at 11:52
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 6 August 2051 at 15:05
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 637 / 1590
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 637 of Meeus index or 1590 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 637 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 56 minutes. It is 2 hours and 32 minutes shorter than next lunation 638 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 48 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠70.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠70.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠104.1°. 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
11 days after point of perigee on 2 July 2051 at 20:59 in ♈ Aries. 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 15 July 2051 at 16:49 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 404 772 km
Moon is 404 772 km (251 514 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 065 km (251 074 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 2 July 2051 at 17:54 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 16 July 2051 at 09:35 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 6 July 2051 at 11:58 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.198°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.133° in the next southern standstill on 20 July 2051 at 20:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 23 July 2051 at 16:36 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.