Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 33% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 33% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 3 July 2065 at 17:16.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♎ Libra later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1934"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1934" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2065 after 8 days on 17 July 2065 at 17:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 11 July 2065 at 01:16
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 17 July 2065 at 17:45
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 25 July 2065 at 06:22
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 2 August 2065 at 05:46
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 810 / 1763
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 810 of Meeus index or 1763 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 37 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 14 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 55 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠235.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠235.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠270.8°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 28 June 2065 at 22:35 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 14 July 2065 at 17:50 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 370 608 km
The Moon is 370 608 km (230 285 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 373 km (227 032 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 4 July 2065 at 21:42 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 17 July 2065 at 20:19 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 1 July 2065 at 23:11 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.180°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.199° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 July 2065 at 07:31 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 17 July 2065 at 17:45 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.
