Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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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 3 October 2005 at 10:28.
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 ∠24° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1828"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1828" and ∠1919".
Hunter Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2005 after 13 days on 17 October 2005 at 12:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 10 October 2005 at 19:01
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 17 October 2005 at 12:14
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 25 October 2005 at 01:17
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 2 November 2005 at 01:25
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 71 / 1024
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 71 of Meeus index or 1024 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 21 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 13 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 50 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠236.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠236.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠273.1°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 28 September 2005 at 15:20 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 14 October 2005 at 13:50 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 392 003 km
The Moon is 392 003 km (243 579 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 10 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 450 km (227 080 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 3 October 2005 at 16:51 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 16 October 2005 at 18:25 in ♈ Aries.
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.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 25 September 2005 at 06:42 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.594°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.604° at the point of next southern standstill on 9 October 2005 at 16:42 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 17 October 2005 at 12:14 in ♈ Aries 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.
