Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 29% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 29% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 15 July 2053 at 17:26.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1888"
Lunar disc appears visually 0% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1888" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2053 after 10 days on 30 July 2053 at 17:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 22 July 2053 at 14:16
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 30 July 2053 at 17:06
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 7 August 2053 at 10:25
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 14 August 2053 at 00:41
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 662 / 1615
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 662 of Meeus index or 1615 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 15 minutes. It is 1 hour and 40 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 29 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 40 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠7.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠7.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠23.3°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 15 July 2053 at 07:11 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 28 July 2053 at 06:44 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 379 692 km
The Moon is 379 692 km (235 930 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 073 km (252 322 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 19 July 2053 at 09:41 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 2 August 2053 at 22:15 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 14 July 2053 at 09:16 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.467°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.438° at the point of next southern standstill on 27 July 2053 at 19:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 30 July 2053 at 17:06 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.
