Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 4% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 17 August 2012 at 15:54.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1910"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1910" and ∠1896".
Sturgeon Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2012 after 12 days on 31 August 2012 at 13:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 24 August 2012 at 13:54
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 31 August 2012 at 13:58
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 8 September 2012 at 13:15
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 16 September 2012 at 02:11
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 156 / 1109
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 156 of Meeus index or 1109 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 156 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 16 minutes. It is 24 minutes longer than next lunation 157 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 41 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠283.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠283.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠312.9°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of apogee on 10 August 2012 at 10:51 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 August 2012 at 19:39 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 375 251 km
Moon is 375 251 km (233 170 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 731 km (229 740 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 11 August 2012 at 00:04 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 24 August 2012 at 11:38 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
22 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 12 August 2012 at 09:47 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠21.492°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-21.379° in the next southern standstill on 25 August 2012 at 18:40 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 31 August 2012 at 13:58 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.