Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 12 August 2026 at 17:37.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1914"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1914" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2026 after 14 days on 28 August 2026 at 04:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 August 2026 at 02:46
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 August 2026 at 04:18
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 4 September 2026 at 07:51
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 11 September 2026 at 03:27
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 329 / 1282
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 329 of Meeus index or 1282 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 50 minutes. It is 2 hours and 33 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 54 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 15 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠36.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠36.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠61.3°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 10 August 2026 at 11:18 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 22 August 2026 at 08:20 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 374 406 km
The Moon is 374 406 km (232 645 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 644 km (251 434 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 09:56 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 14 days later on 27 August 2026 at 18:47 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 8 August 2026 at 23:42 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.107°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.123° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 August 2026 at 10:59 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 14 days
In 14 days on 28 August 2026 at 04:18 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.
