Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 8% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 10 August 2029 at 01:56.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1954"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1954" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2029 after 11 days on 24 August 2029 at 01:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 August 2029 at 18:55
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 24 August 2029 at 01:51
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 1 September 2029 at 04:33
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 8 September 2029 at 10:44
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 366 / 1319
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 366 of Meeus index or 1319 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 366 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 49 minutes. It is 19 minutes longer than next lunation 367 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 14 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠309.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠309.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠331.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of apogee on 1 August 2029 at 10:42 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 13 August 2029 at 09:55 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 366 918 km
Moon is 366 918 km (227 992 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 368 km (227 651 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 6 August 2029 at 20:21 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 19 August 2029 at 15:32 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 5 August 2029 at 14:53 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.323°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.253° in the next southern standstill on 18 August 2029 at 13:12 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 24 August 2029 at 01:51 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.