Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 14% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 14% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 28 October 2019 at 03:38.
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 passing about ∠22° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1868"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1868" and ∠1933".
Beaver Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2019 after 12 days on 12 November 2019 at 13:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 4 November 2019 at 10:23
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 12 November 2019 at 13:34
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 19 November 2019 at 21:11
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 26 November 2019 at 15:06
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 245 / 1198
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 245 of Meeus index or 1198 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 27 minutes. It is 2 hours and 41 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 1 hour and 17 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 52 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠28.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠28.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠50.7°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 26 October 2019 at 10:41 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 7 November 2019 at 08:37 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 383 695 km
The Moon is 383 695 km (238 417 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 060 km (251 693 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 20 October 2019 at 07:28 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 1 November 2019 at 21:40 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
11 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 before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 20 October 2019 at 08:07 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.947°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-23.047° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 November 2019 at 00:33 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 12 November 2019 at 13:34 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.
