Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 4% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 26 June 2052 at 17:50.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1919"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1919" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2052 after 13 days on 12 July 2052 at 00:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 3 July 2052 at 20:59
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 12 July 2052 at 00:23
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 19 July 2052 at 09:37
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 26 July 2052 at 01:31
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 649 / 1602
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 649 of Meeus index or 1602 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.32 days
Length of current 649 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 55 minutes shorter than next lunation 650 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 3 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 6 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠23.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠23.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠43°. 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 after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 25 June 2052 at 08:22 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 7 July 2052 at 12:41 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 373 540 km
Moon is 373 540 km (232 107 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 232 km (251 799 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 20 June 2052 at 22:46 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 3 July 2052 at 14:53 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
21 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days after previous North standstill on 26 June 2052 at 04:20 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.498°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.479° in the next southern standstill on 10 July 2052 at 04:04 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 12 July 2052 at 00:23 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.