Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 4% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 21 October 2025 at 12:25.
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 ∠22° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1929".
Beaver Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2025 after 13 days on 5 November 2025 at 13:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 29 October 2025 at 16:21
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 5 November 2025 at 13:19
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 12 November 2025 at 05:28
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 20 November 2025 at 06:47
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 319 / 1272
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 319 of Meeus index or 1272 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.77 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 22 minutes. It is 34 minutes shorter 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 5 hours and 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠156.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠156.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠181.4°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 23:31. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 8 October 2025 at 12:36 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next perigee on 5 November 2025 at 22:29 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 406 445 km
This apogee Moon is 406 445 km (252 553 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 037 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 264 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 18 October 2025 at 04:34 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 1 November 2025 at 17:46 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, 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 12 October 2025 at 03:30 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.550°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.457° at the point of next southern standstill on 26 October 2025 at 12:50 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 5 November 2025 at 13:19 in ♉ Taurus 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.
