Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
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 ♏ Scorpio.
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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 11 October 2007 at 05:01.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1923".
Hunter Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2007 after 13 days on 26 October 2007 at 04:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 19 October 2007 at 08:33
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 26 October 2007 at 04:52
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 1 November 2007 at 21:18
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 9 November 2007 at 23:03
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 96 / 1049
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 96 of Meeus index or 1049 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 2 minutes. It is 35 minutes 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 5 hours and 18 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 45 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠159.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠159.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠183.8°.
Moon before perigee
14 days after point of perigee on 28 September 2007 at 01:53 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 October 2007 at 09:53 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 405 342 km
The Moon is 405 342 km (251 868 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 491 km (252 582 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 7 October 2007 at 20:03 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 October 2007 at 09:02 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 2 October 2007 at 10:23 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.296°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.194° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 October 2007 at 23:14 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 26 October 2007 at 04:52 in ♉ Taurus 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.
