Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 28% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 28% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 19 October 2017 at 19:12.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1930".
Beaver Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2017 after 9 days on 4 November 2017 at 05:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 27 October 2017 at 22:22
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 4 November 2017 at 05:23
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 10 November 2017 at 20:37
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 18 November 2017 at 11:42
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 220 / 1173
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 220 of Meeus index or 1173 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.69 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 30 minutes. It is 2 hours and 18 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 46 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 17 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠114.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠114.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠147°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 02:25. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 9 October 2017 at 05:51 in ♊ Gemini. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 11 days, until point of next perigee on 6 November 2017 at 00:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 405 151 km
This apogee Moon is 405 151 km (251 749 mi) away from Earth. It is 257 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 558 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 14 October 2017 at 22:10 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 29 October 2017 at 06:41 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 18:13 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-19.741°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠19.848° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 8 November 2017 at 01:28.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 4 November 2017 at 05:23 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.
