Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 2% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
Moon phases for next 7 days
Sunday Sun
Monday Mon
Tuesday Tue
Wednesday Wed
Thursday Thu
Friday Fri
Saturday Sat
Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 15 September 2023 at 01:40.
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 ∠9° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1793"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1793" and ∠1909".
Harvest Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2023 after 12 days on 29 September 2023 at 09:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 September 2023 at 19:32
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 29 September 2023 at 09:57
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 6 October 2023 at 13:48
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 14 October 2023 at 17:55
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 293 / 1246
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 293 of Meeus index or 1246 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
Length of current 293 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 15 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2023. It is 43 minutes longer than next lunation 294 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 31 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 32 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠202.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠202.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠232.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 12 September 2023 at 15:42 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 28 September 2023 at 01:05 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 399 830 km
Moon is 399 830 km (248 443 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 911 km (223 638 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after its ascending node on 3 September 2023 at 07:44 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 17 September 2023 at 19:18 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 8 September 2023 at 13:18 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.168°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.254° in the next southern standstill on 23 September 2023 at 03:42 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 29 September 2023 at 09:57 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.