Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 15% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 15% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 14 June 2064 at 22:20.
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 ∠13° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1931"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1931" and ∠1888".
Strawberry Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2064 after 10 days on 28 June 2064 at 20:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 June 2064 at 23:13
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 28 June 2064 at 20:08
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 6 July 2064 at 16:48
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 July 2064 at 08:46
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 797 / 1750
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 797 of Meeus index or 1750 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 25 minutes. It is 1 hour and 22 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 2 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 50 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠269.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠269.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠301.5°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 8 June 2064 at 09:54 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 June 2064 at 00:41 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 371 263 km
The Moon is 371 263 km (230 692 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 450 km (229 566 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 18:43 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 1 July 2064 at 18:41 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 14 June 2064 at 20:16 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.317°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.335° at the point of next southern standstill on 27 June 2064 at 18:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 28 June 2064 at 20:08 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
