Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 29% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 29% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days 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 in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1902"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1902" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2013 after 8 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
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 168 / 1121
The Moon is 5 days 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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 45 minutes. It is 47 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 1 minute longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 2 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠216.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠216.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠249.2°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 3 August 2013 at 08:53 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 August 2013 at 01:26 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 376 821 km
The Moon is 376 821 km (234 146 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 265 km (225 101 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after descending node on 30 July 2013 at 05:50 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 13 August 2013 at 16:20 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, 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 2 August 2013 at 09:24 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠20.025°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.906° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 August 2013 at 12:06 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 21 August 2013 at 01:45 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
