Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 31% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 31% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 17 September 2001 at 10:27.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1864"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1864" and ∠1912".
Hunter Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2001 after 10 days on 2 October 2001 at 13:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 24 September 2001 at 09:31
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 2 October 2001 at 13:49
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 10 October 2001 at 04:20
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 16 October 2001 at 19:23
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 21 / 974
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 21 of Meeus index or 974 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 21 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 56 minutes. It is 2 hours and 21 minutes shorter than next lunation 22 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠13.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠13.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠30.5°. 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 perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 16 September 2001 at 15:50 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 29 September 2001 at 05:33 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 384 510 km
Moon is 384 510 km (238 923 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 791 km (252 147 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 11 September 2001 at 21:36 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 24 September 2001 at 10:28 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 12 September 2001 at 12:19 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.677°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.780° in the next southern standstill on 25 September 2001 at 05:14 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 2 October 2001 at 13:49 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.