Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
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 ♍ 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 6 August 2013 at 21:51.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1814"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1814" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2013 after 12 days on 21 August 2013 at 01:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 14 August 2013 at 10:56
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 21 August 2013 at 01:45
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 28 August 2013 at 09:35
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 5 September 2013 at 11:36
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 168 / 1121
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 168 of Meeus index or 1121 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
Length of current 168 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 45 minutes. It is 47 minutes longer than next lunation 169 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 1 minute longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 2 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠216.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠216.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠249.2°. 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 after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 3 August 2013 at 08:53 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 19 August 2013 at 01:26 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 395 073 km
Moon is 395 073 km (245 487 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 265 km (225 101 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 30 July 2013 at 05:50 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 13 August 2013 at 16:20 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
21 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 2 August 2013 at 09:24 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠20.025°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.906° in the next southern standstill on 16 August 2013 at 12:06 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 21 August 2013 at 01:45 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.