Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 1 August 2019 at 03:12.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♌ Leo
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♍ Virgo later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2019 after 13 days on 15 August 2019 at 12:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 7 August 2019 at 17:31
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 15 August 2019 at 12:29
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 23 August 2019 at 14:56
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 30 August 2019 at 10:37
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 242 / 1195
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 242 of Meeus index or 1195 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 25 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2019. It is 24 minutes shorter 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 50 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠340.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠340.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠356.3°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 07:08. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 21 July 2019 at 00:01 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next apogee on 17 August 2019 at 10:50 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 359 398 km
This perigee Moon is 359 398 km (223 320 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 110 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 10 958 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 30 July 2019 at 17:02 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 12 August 2019 at 14:45 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 30 July 2019 at 08:10 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.384°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.399° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 August 2019 at 04:28 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 15 August 2019 at 12:29 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.
