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 ♎ 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 27 September 2011 at 11:09.
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 ∠20° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1915".
Hunter Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2011 after 13 days on 12 October 2011 at 02:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 4 October 2011 at 03:15
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 12 October 2011 at 02:06
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 20 October 2011 at 03:30
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 October 2011 at 19:56
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 145 / 1098
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 145 of Meeus index or 1098 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 47 minutes. It is 1 hour and 27 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 3 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠350.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠350.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠5.3°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 01:01. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 15 September 2011 at 06:23 in ♈ Aries. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next apogee on 12 October 2011 at 11:43 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 357 556 km
This perigee Moon is 357 556 km (222 175 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 952 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 12 800 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 19 September 2011 at 19:38 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 2 October 2011 at 09:09 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
23 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 before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 19 September 2011 at 20:05 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.890°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.791° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 October 2011 at 11:38 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 12 October 2011 at 02:06 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.
