Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 17% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 5 August 2005 at 03:05.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1809"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1809" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2005 after 10 days on 19 August 2005 at 17:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 13 August 2005 at 02:39
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 19 August 2005 at 17:53
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 26 August 2005 at 15:18
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 September 2005 at 18:45
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 69 / 1022
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 69 of Meeus index or 1022 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
Length of current 69 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 minute shorter than next lunation 70 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 57 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 6 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠181.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠181.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠205.9°. 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 after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 4 August 2005 at 21:49 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 19 August 2005 at 05:32 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 396 330 km
Moon is 396 330 km (246 268 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 396 km (222 076 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after its ascending node on 26 July 2005 at 17:58 in ♈ Aries, 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 10 August 2005 at 07:53 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the first to the middle part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 1 August 2005 at 18:06 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.311°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.409° in the next southern standstill on 16 August 2005 at 03:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 19 August 2005 at 17:53 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.