Waxing Crescent Moon
Waxing Crescent MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

Waxing Crescent in Virgo

Waxing Crescent on . The illuminated surface of the moon is 4% and growing larger. The lunar cycle is 2 days young.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon is entering ♍ Virgo

Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.

1 day after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 31 July 2057 at 14:32.

Sturgeon Moon after 12 days

Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2057 after 12 days on 14 August 2057 at 17:21.

Moderate tide

There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1828"

Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1828" and ∠1891".

Lunation 712 / 1665

The Moon is 2 days young and navigating from the beginning to the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 712 of Meeus index or 1665 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.56 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 23 minutes and it is 1 hour and 17 minutes longer than the upcoming lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Lunation length longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 39 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 24 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠222.5°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠222.5° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠255.9°.

Moon after apogee

5 days since point of apogee on 27 July 2057 at 15:44 in ♊ Gemini the lunar orbit is getting narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 12 August 2057 at 10:32 in ♑ Capricorn.

Distance to Moon 392 125 km

The Moon is 392 125 km (243 655 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 363 290 km (225 738 mi).

Moon after ascending node

4 days after ascending node on 28 July 2057 at 14:55 in ♊ Gemini the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 11 August 2057 at 07:29 in ♑ Capricorn.

Moon after northern standstill

4 days since the last northern standstill on 29 July 2057 at 08:55 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.709° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.760° at the point of next southern standstill on 11 August 2057 at 22:52 in ♑ Capricorn.

Draconic month

4 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♊ Gemini the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 12 days

In 12 days on 14 August 2057 at 17:21 in ♒ Aquarius 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.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov