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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 43% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 43% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 7 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1821"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1821" and ∠1906".
Harvest Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2024 after 7 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 7 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
Length of current 305 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 54 minutes. It is 1 hour and 4 minutes shorter than next lunation 306 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 10 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 53 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠155.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠155.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠179.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 5 September 2024 at 14:55 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 18 September 2024 at 13:26 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 393 511 km
Moon is 393 511 km (244 516 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 284 km (222 006 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 5 September 2024 at 05:43 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 18 September 2024 at 19:51 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
19 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days after previous North standstill on 28 August 2024 at 11:09 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.606°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.671° in the next southern standstill on 12 September 2024 at 04:51 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 18 September 2024 at 02:34 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.