Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 28 September 2011 Wednesday is Waxing Crescent, 1 day young Moon is in Libra.

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Lunar calendar 2011 | September 2011

Waxing Crescent phase
Waxing Crescent phase
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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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