Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 9 October 2018 at 03:47.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♑ Capricorn later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1793"
Lunar disc appears visually 7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1793" and ∠1924".
Hunter Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2018 after 10 days on 24 October 2018 at 16:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 16 October 2018 at 18:02
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 24 October 2018 at 16:45
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 31 October 2018 at 16:40
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 7 November 2018 at 16:02
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 232 / 1185
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 232 of Meeus index or 1185 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 15 minutes. It is 3 hours and 3 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 29 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 40 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠49.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠49.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠79.7°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 5 October 2018 at 22:29 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 17 October 2018 at 19:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 399 715 km
The Moon is 399 715 km (248 371 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 227 km (251 175 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 4 October 2018 at 03:10 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 17 October 2018 at 12:03 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 before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 2 October 2018 at 13:03 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.037°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-21.154° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 October 2018 at 17:26 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 24 October 2018 at 16:45 in ♈ Aries 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.
