Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 4% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 8 August 2002 at 19:15.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1961"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1961" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2002 after 12 days on 22 August 2002 at 22:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 15 August 2002 at 10:12
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 August 2002 at 22:29
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 31 August 2002 at 02:31
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 7 September 2002 at 03:10
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 32 / 985
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 32 of Meeus index or 985 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 55 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2002. It is 12 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the 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 4 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠324.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠324.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠343.1°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 23:32. It is 11 days after previous apogee on 30 July 2002 at 01:45 in ♈ Aries. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 16 days, until point of next apogee on 26 August 2002 at 17:43 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 362 928 km
This perigee Moon is 362 928 km (225 513 mi) away from Earth. It is 420 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 7 428 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 4 August 2002 at 11:03 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 17 August 2002 at 02:54 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 6 August 2002 at 06:59 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.104°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.159° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 August 2002 at 00:37 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 22 August 2002 at 22:29 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.
