Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 8% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 14 October 2023 at 17:55.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♏ Scorpio
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1860"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1860" and ∠1926".
Hunter Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2023 after 11 days on 28 October 2023 at 20:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 22 October 2023 at 03:29
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 28 October 2023 at 20:24
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 5 November 2023 at 08:37
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 13 November 2023 at 09:27
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 294 / 1247
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 294 of Meeus index or 1247 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 32 minutes. It is 1 hour and 27 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 2 hours and 48 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 15 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠232.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠232.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠269.5°.
Moon after apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 10 October 2023 at 03:41 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 26 October 2023 at 02:53 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 385 333 km
The Moon is 385 333 km (239 435 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 873 km (226 722 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 15 October 2023 at 01:11 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 28 October 2023 at 03:14 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 5 October 2023 at 20:31 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.294°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.305° at the point of next southern standstill on 20 October 2023 at 09:19 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 28 October 2023 at 20:24 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.
