Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 22% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 22% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 8 September 2029 at 10:44.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1907".
Harvest Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2029 after 10 days on 22 September 2029 at 16:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 September 2029 at 01:29
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 22 September 2029 at 16:29
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 30 September 2029 at 20:57
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 7 October 2029 at 19:14
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 367 / 1320
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 367 of Meeus index or 1320 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 30 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2029. It is 40 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 14 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 55 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠331.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠331.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠348.5°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 10 September 2029 at 04:27 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 25 September 2029 at 19:40 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 363 869 km
The Moon is 363 869 km (226 098 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 002 km (252 278 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 3 September 2029 at 01:43 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 15 September 2029 at 16:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
23 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 1 September 2029 at 23:36 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.127°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.021° at the point of next southern standstill on 14 September 2029 at 18:54 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 22 September 2029 at 16:29 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.
