Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 17% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 21 June 2058 at 00:35.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2058 after 10 days on 6 July 2058 at 02:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 29 June 2058 at 04:13
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 6 July 2058 at 02:46
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 12 July 2058 at 17:28
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 20 July 2058 at 15:40
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 723 / 1676
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 723 of Meeus index or 1676 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 723 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 5 minutes. It is 18 minutes shorter than next lunation 724 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 21 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 42 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠148.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠148.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠173.1°. 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 after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 24 June 2058 at 03:14 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 July 2058 at 19:45 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 404 156 km
Moon is 404 156 km (251 131 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 903 km (222 391 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 19 June 2058 at 19:09 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 4 July 2058 at 03:23 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
5 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
3 days after previous North standstill on 21 June 2058 at 22:19 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.284°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.284° in the next southern standstill on 5 July 2058 at 20:52 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 6 July 2058 at 02:46 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.