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

Waxing Crescent in Scorpio

Waxing Crescent on . The illuminated surface of the moon is 2% and growing larger. The lunar cycle is 1 day 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 ♏ Scorpio

Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.

1 day after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 2 November 2070 at 22:42.

Beaver Moon after 13 days

Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2070 after 13 days on 18 November 2070 at 05:40.

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 ∠1778"

Lunar disc appears visually 8.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1778" and ∠1935".

Lunation 876 / 1829

The Moon is 1 day young and navigating from the beginning to the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 876 of Meeus index or 1829 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.76 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 11 minutes and it is 1 hour and 11 minutes shorter than the upcoming lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).

Lunation length longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 27 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 36 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠134.9°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠134.9° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠163.2°.

Moon before apogee

13 days since point of perigee on 22 October 2070 at 03:04 in ♊ Gemini the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 7 November 2070 at 02:03 in ♑ Capricorn.

Distance to Moon 403 148 km

The Moon is 403 148 km (250 505 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 849 km (252 183 mi).

Moon after ascending node

3 days after ascending node on 31 October 2070 at 23:32 in ♎ Libra the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 15 November 2070 at 11:41 in ♈ Aries.

Moon before southern standstill

11 days since the last northern standstill on 23 October 2070 at 19:48 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.400° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.443° at the point of next southern standstill on 6 November 2070 at 16:41 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Draconic month

3 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♎ Libra the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 13 days

In 13 days on 18 November 2070 at 05:40 in ♉ Taurus 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