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

Waxing Crescent in Scorpio

Waxing Crescent on . Illuminated surface of the Moon is 2% and growing larger. Lunar cycle is 1 day young.

Moonrise and moonset

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

Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♏ Scorpio

Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.

1 day after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 20 October 2074 at 11:11.

Beaver Moon after 13 days

Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2074 after 13 days on 3 November 2074 at 19:21.

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 ∠1964"

Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1964" and ∠1928".

Lunation 925 / 1878

The Moon is 1 day young and navigating from the beginning to the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 925 of Meeus index or 1878 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.41 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 44 minutes and it is 40 minutes shorter 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 shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 9 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠335.8°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠335.8° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠352.3°.

Moon at perigee

Moon is at perigee at 21:56 about 12 days since last apogee on 9 October 2074 at 20:38 in ♊ Gemini the lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the upcoming 15 days until point of next apogee on 6 November 2074 at 10:36 in ♊ Gemini.

Distance to Moon 360 248 km

This perigee Moon is 360 248 km (223 848 mi) away from Earth. It is 2 260 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 10 108 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.

Moon before descending node

7 days after ascending node on 14 October 2074 at 00:03 in ♌ Leo the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 26 October 2074 at 15:21 in ♑ Capricorn.

Moon before southern standstill

8 days since the last northern standstill on 12 October 2074 at 12:44 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.404° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-21.522° at the point of next southern standstill on 25 October 2074 at 10:55 in ♑ Capricorn.

Draconic month

7 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♌ Leo the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 13 days

In 13 days on 3 November 2074 at 19:21 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