Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 24% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 24% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 3 September 2024 at 01:55.
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 passing about ∠15° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1788"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1788" and ∠1905".
Harvest Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2024 after 9 days on 18 September 2024 at 02:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 September 2024 at 06:06
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 18 September 2024 at 02:34
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 September 2024 at 18:50
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 2 October 2024 at 18:49
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 305 / 1258
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 305 of Meeus index or 1258 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 54 minutes. It is 1 hour and 4 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 10 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 53 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠155.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠155.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠179.7°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 5 September 2024 at 14:55 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 18 September 2024 at 13:26 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 400 795 km
The Moon is 400 795 km (249 042 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 10 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 284 km (222 006 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 5 September 2024 at 05:43 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 18 September 2024 at 19:51 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
17 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 28 August 2024 at 11:09 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.606°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.671° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 September 2024 at 04:51 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 18 September 2024 at 02:34 in ♓ Pisces 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.
