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Quarter* ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 37% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 37% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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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 22 April 2058 at 21:29.
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 ∠25° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1905".
Flower Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2058 after 8 days on 8 May 2058 at 10:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 30 April 2058 at 20:18
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 8 May 2058 at 10:12
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 15 May 2058 at 03:58
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 22 May 2058 at 10:23
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 721 / 1674
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 721 of Meeus index or 1674 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
Length of current 721 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 54 minutes. It is 1 hour and 18 minutes shorter than next lunation 722 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 10 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 53 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠82.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠82.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠118.2°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 19:18, this is 14 days after last perigee on 15 April 2058 at 18:36 in ♑ Capricorn. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 11 May 2058 at 17:49 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 404 300 km
This apogee Moon is 404 300 km (251 220 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's closest apogee of 2058. It is 1 108 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 249 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 26 April 2058 at 05:25 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 10 May 2058 at 07:50 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 28 April 2058 at 07:29 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.222°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.271° in the next southern standstill on 12 May 2058 at 02:24 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 8 May 2058 at 10:12 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.