Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 26 October 2011 at 19:56.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1931".
Beaver Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2011 after 14 days on 10 November 2011 at 20:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 2 November 2011 at 16:38
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 10 November 2011 at 20:16
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 18 November 2011 at 15:09
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 25 November 2011 at 06:10
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 146 / 1099
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 146 of Meeus index or 1099 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 30 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 39 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠5.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠5.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠21.6°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 26 October 2011 at 12:26 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 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 8 November 2011 at 13:20 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 364 312 km
The Moon is 364 312 km (226 373 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 177 km (252 387 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 16 October 2011 at 21:01 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 29 October 2011 at 14:59 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 before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 17 October 2011 at 02:06 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.665°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.609° at the point of next southern standstill on 29 October 2011 at 20:17 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 14 days
In 14 days on 10 November 2011 at 20:16 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.
