Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 16% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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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 25 May 2093 at 06:07.
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 passing about ∠25° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1893".
Strawberry Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2093 after 10 days on 9 June 2093 at 10:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 2 June 2093 at 10:39
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 9 June 2093 at 10:09
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 16 June 2093 at 01:19
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 23 June 2093 at 21:04
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 1155 / 2108
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 1155 of Meeus index or 2108 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
Length of current 1155 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 57 minutes. It is 34 minutes shorter than next lunation 1156 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 13 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 50 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠142°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠142°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠167.5°. 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 28 May 2093 at 21:26 in ♋ Cancer. 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 10 June 2093 at 08:55 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 405 114 km
Moon is 405 114 km (251 726 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 605 km (222 827 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♋ Cancer at 14:36 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 11 June 2093 at 20:52 in ♑ Capricorn.
New draconic month
At 14:36 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 28 May 2093 at 08:03 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠21.600°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-21.625° in the next southern standstill on 10 June 2093 at 21:56 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 9 June 2093 at 10:09 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.