Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 2% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 29 July 2003 at 06:53.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1876"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1876" and ∠1890".
Sturgeon Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2003 after 12 days on 12 August 2003 at 04:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 5 August 2003 at 07:28
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 12 August 2003 at 04:48
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 20 August 2003 at 00:48
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 27 August 2003 at 17:26
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.
Lunation 44 / 997
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 44 of Meeus index or 997 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
Length of current 44 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 34 minutes. It is 51 minutes longer than next lunation 45 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 10 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 59 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠268.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠268.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠301°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of apogee on 22 July 2003 at 19:37 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 August 2003 at 14:06 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 382 162 km
Moon is 382 162 km (237 464 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 7 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 437 km (229 558 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after its ascending node on 23 July 2003 at 18:44 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 6 August 2003 at 06:49 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
6 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 27 July 2003 at 03:55 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.493°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.553° in the next southern standstill on 9 August 2003 at 06:19 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 12 August 2003 at 04:48 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.