Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 7% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 7% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 6 November 2010 at 04:52.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1869"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1869" and ∠1937".
Beaver Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2010 after 13 days on 21 November 2010 at 17:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 13 November 2010 at 16:39
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 21 November 2010 at 17:27
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 28 November 2010 at 20:36
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 5 December 2010 at 17:36
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 134 / 1087
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 134 of Meeus index or 1087 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 44 minutes. It is 2 hours and 43 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 same as the mean
The length of the current synodic month is equal to the mean synodic month length. It is %hours_to_shortest% and %minutes_to_shortest% longer than the 21st century's shortest and %hours_to_longest% and %minutes_to_longest% shorter than the 21st century's longest synodic months.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠39.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠39.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠67°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 3 November 2010 at 17:22 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 15 November 2010 at 11:47 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 383 437 km
The Moon is 383 437 km (238 257 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 634 km (251 428 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 28 October 2010 at 03:15 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 9 November 2010 at 20:14 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 16:59 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-24.281°. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠24.238° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 23 November 2010 at 04:24.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 21 November 2010 at 17:27 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.
