Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 11 August 2005 Thursday is Waxing Crescent, 6 days young Moon is in Libra.

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Lunar calendar 2005 | August 2005

Waxing Crescent phase
Waxing Crescent phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waxing Crescent 34% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 34% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.

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Moon phase and lunation details

6 days after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 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 is entering ♎ Libra

Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1849"

Lunar disc appears visually 2.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1849" and ∠1893".

Sturgeon Moon after 8 days

Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2005 after 8 days on 19 August 2005 at 17:53.

Upcoming main Moon phases

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 6 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.

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Synodic month length 29.65 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 minute 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 longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 57 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 6 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠181.9°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠181.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠205.9°.

Moon after apogee

6 days after point of apogee on 4 August 2005 at 21:49 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 August 2005 at 05:32 in ♒ Aquarius.

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Distance to Moon 387 664 km

The Moon is 387 664 km (240 883 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 396 km (222 076 mi).

Moon after descending node

1 day after descending node on 10 August 2005 at 07:53 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 August 2005 at 23:05 in ♈ Aries.

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Draconic month

15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.

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Moon before southern standstill

9 days since the previous standstill on 1 August 2005 at 18:06 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.311°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.409° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 August 2005 at 03:16 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Syzygy in 8 days

In 8 days on 19 August 2005 at 17:53 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.

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