Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 10% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 10% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 26 October 2030 at 20:17.
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 ∠13° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1932".
Beaver Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2030 after 11 days on 10 November 2030 at 03:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 2 November 2030 at 11:56
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 10 November 2030 at 03:30
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 18 November 2030 at 08:32
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 25 November 2030 at 06:46
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 381 / 1334
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 381 of Meeus index or 1334 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 30 minutes. It is 16 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 2 hours and 15 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 55 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠332.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠332.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠349.8°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 28 October 2030 at 12:07 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 November 2030 at 05:00 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 363 371 km
The Moon is 363 371 km (225 788 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 14 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 993 km (252 272 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 03:24 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 11 November 2030 at 18:45 in ♊ Gemini.
New draconic month
At 03:24 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon at southern standstill
At 20:28 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-21.941°. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠21.904° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 12 November 2030 at 16:17.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 10 November 2030 at 03:30 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.
