Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 30% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 30% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 10 October 2026 at 15:50.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1925".
Hunter Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2026 after 9 days on 26 October 2026 at 04:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 18 October 2026 at 16:13
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 26 October 2026 at 04:12
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 1 November 2026 at 20:28
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 9 November 2026 at 07:02
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 331 / 1284
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 331 of Meeus index or 1284 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 12 minutes. It is 2 hours and 38 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 2 hours and 28 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 35 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠94.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠94.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠129.9°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 22:56. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 1 October 2026 at 20:41 in ♊ Gemini. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 28 October 2026 at 18:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 404 639 km
This apogee Moon is 404 639 km (251 431 mi) away from Earth. It is 769 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 070 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 7 October 2026 at 01:19 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 21 October 2026 at 08:53 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 02:45 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-27.892°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠27.795° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 29 October 2026 at 17:40.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 26 October 2026 at 04:12 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.
