Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 5% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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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 18 September 2028 at 18:24.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1959"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1959" and ∠1911".
Hunter Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2028 after 13 days on 3 October 2028 at 16:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 25 September 2028 at 13:10
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 3 October 2028 at 16:25
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 11 October 2028 at 11:57
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 18 October 2028 at 02:57
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 355 / 1308
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 355 of Meeus index or 1308 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 33 minutes. It is 1 hour and 48 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 4 hours and 11 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 58 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠2.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠2.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠18.5°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 18 September 2028 at 14:23 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 1 October 2028 at 21:38 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 365 934 km
The Moon is 365 934 km (227 381 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 246 km (252 430 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 14 September 2028 at 09:06 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 26 September 2028 at 22:21 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 12 September 2028 at 01:18 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.693°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.598° at the point of next southern standstill on 24 September 2028 at 13:21 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 3 October 2028 at 16:25 in ♈ Aries 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.
