Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 25% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 25% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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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 22 July 2009 at 02:35.
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 ∠4° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1904"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1904" and ∠1889".
Sturgeon Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2009 after 10 days on 6 August 2009 at 00:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 July 2009 at 22:00
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 6 August 2009 at 00:55
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 13 August 2009 at 18:55
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 20 August 2009 at 10:01
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 118 / 1071
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 118 of Meeus index or 1071 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 27 minutes. It is 1 hour and 16 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 17 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 52 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠4.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠4.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠20.3°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 21 July 2009 at 20:16 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 4 August 2009 at 00:42 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 376 448 km
The Moon is 376 448 km (233 914 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 027 km (252 293 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 22 July 2009 at 03:47 in ♌ Leo. 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 4 August 2009 at 21:42 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 19 July 2009 at 13:01 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.477°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.478° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 August 2009 at 13:28 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 6 August 2009 at 00:55 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.
