Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
Moon phases for next 7 days
Tuesday Tue
Wednesday Wed
Thursday Thu
Friday Fri
Saturday Sat
Sunday Sun
Monday Mon
Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 3 September 2005 at 18:45.
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 ∠2° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1801"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1801" and ∠1903".
Harvest Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2005 after 12 days on 18 September 2005 at 02:01.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 September 2005 at 11:37
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 18 September 2005 at 02:01
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 25 September 2005 at 06:41
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 3 October 2005 at 10:28
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 70 / 1023
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 70 of Meeus index or 1023 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 42 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2005. It is 45 minutes longer 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 58 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 5 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠205.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠205.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠236.1°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 1 September 2005 at 02:35 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 16 September 2005 at 13:58 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 398 037 km
The Moon is 398 037 km (247 329 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 406 km (223 946 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after ascending node on 22 August 2005 at 23:05 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 6 September 2005 at 10:52 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 28 August 2005 at 23:42 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.476°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.556° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 September 2005 at 10:54 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 18 September 2005 at 02:01 in ♓ Pisces 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.
