Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
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 ♎ Libra.
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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 25 September 2022 at 21:54.
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 ∠24° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1879"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1879" and ∠1915".
Hunter Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2022 after 12 days on 9 October 2022 at 20:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 October 2022 at 00:14
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 9 October 2022 at 20:55
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 17 October 2022 at 17:15
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 25 October 2022 at 10:49
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 281 / 1234
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 281 of Meeus index or 1234 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 54 minutes. It is 45 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 10 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 53 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠265.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠265.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠299.9°.
Moon before apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 19 September 2022 at 14:44 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 4 October 2022 at 17:01 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 381 377 km
The Moon is 381 377 km (236 977 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 335 km (229 494 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 14 September 2022 at 14:49 in ♉ Taurus. 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 28 September 2022 at 23:43 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 18 September 2022 at 22:10 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.316°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.411° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 October 2022 at 19:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 9 October 2022 at 20:55 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.
