Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
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 ♎ 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 8 September 2010 at 10:30.
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 ∠1964"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1964" and ∠1905".
Harvest Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2010 after 13 days on 23 September 2010 at 09:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 September 2010 at 05:50
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 23 September 2010 at 09:17
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 1 October 2010 at 03:52
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 7 October 2010 at 18:44
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 132 / 1085
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 132 of Meeus index or 1085 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.34 days
Length of current 132 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 15 minutes. It is 1 hour and 52 minutes shorter than next lunation 133 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 29 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 40 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠4.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠4.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠20.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 8 September 2010 at 04:00 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 21 September 2010 at 08:03 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 364 881 km
Moon is 364 881 km (226 727 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 169 km (252 382 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 4 September 2010 at 00:16 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 16 September 2010 at 13:56 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
19 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 2 September 2010 at 11:20 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.807°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.710° in the next southern standstill on 14 September 2010 at 23:47 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 23 September 2010 at 09:17 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.