Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
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
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 22 June 2085 at 03:18.
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 passing about ∠18° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1777"
Lunar disc appears visually 6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1777" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2085 after 8 days on 7 July 2085 at 10:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 30 June 2085 at 06:55
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 7 July 2085 at 10:14
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 14 July 2085 at 00:24
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 21 July 2085 at 17:43
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 1057 / 2010
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 1057 of Meeus index or 2010 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
Length of current 1057 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 25 minutes. It is 1 hour and 3 minutes shorter than next lunation 1058 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 41 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 22 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠128.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠128.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠156.8°. 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 26 June 2085 at 15:24 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 July 2085 at 19:46 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 403 274 km
Moon is 403 274 km (250 583 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 020 km (223 706 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after its descending node on 22 June 2085 at 04:11 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 6 July 2085 at 11:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
19 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 21 June 2085 at 02:38 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.128°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.123° in the next southern standstill on 5 July 2085 at 13:21 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 7 July 2085 at 10:14 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.