Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 15% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 15% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 18 October 2028 at 02:57.
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 ∠14° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1891"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1891" and ∠1928".
Beaver Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2028 after 11 days on 2 November 2028 at 09:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 25 October 2028 at 04:53
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 2 November 2028 at 09:17
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 9 November 2028 at 21:26
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 16 November 2028 at 13:18
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 356 / 1309
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 356 of Meeus index or 1309 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 356 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 21 minutes. It is 2 hours and 27 minutes shorter than next lunation 357 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 46 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠18.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠18.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠37.4°. 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 perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 17 October 2028 at 00:41 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 29 October 2028 at 06:55 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 379 054 km
Moon is 379 054 km (235 533 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 560 km (252 003 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 11 October 2028 at 11:37 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 23 October 2028 at 23:55 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 21:48 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-25.357°. Next 15 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠25.251° in its northern standstill point on 5 November 2028 at 12:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 2 November 2028 at 09:17 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.