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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
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 28 April 2063 at 14:52.
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 leaving the last ∠1° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♌ Leo later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1966"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1903".
Flower Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2063 after 8 days on 12 May 2063 at 13:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 5 May 2063 at 15:20
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 12 May 2063 at 13:11
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 May 2063 at 09:16
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 28 May 2063 at 01:47
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 783 / 1736
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 783 of Meeus index or 1736 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 55 minutes. It is 2 hours and 16 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠270.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠270.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠301.9°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 22 April 2063 at 02:01 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 6 May 2063 at 19:05 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 364 676 km
The Moon is 364 676 km (226 599 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 614 km (229 667 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 24 April 2063 at 02:28 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 7 May 2063 at 10:50 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 2 May 2063 at 05:04 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.247°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.173° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 May 2063 at 05:16 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 12 May 2063 at 13:11 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
