Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 14 November 2031 at 21:10.
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 ∠15° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1943"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1943" and ∠1941".
Beaver Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2031 after 12 days on 28 November 2031 at 23:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 21 November 2031 at 14:45
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 28 November 2031 at 23:18
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 7 December 2031 at 03:20
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 14 December 2031 at 09:06
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 394 / 1347
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 394 of Meeus index or 1347 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
Length of current 394 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 56 minutes. It is 55 minutes longer than next lunation 395 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 48 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠312.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠312.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠334.7°. 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
10 days after point of apogee on 6 November 2031 at 02:45 in ♌ Leo. 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 17 November 2031 at 22:07 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 368 877 km
Moon is 368 877 km (229 210 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 930 km (227 378 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 14 November 2031 at 15:32 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 27 November 2031 at 14:01 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 18:24 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-20.336°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2031. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠20.350° in its northern standstill point on 30 November 2031 at 00:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 28 November 2031 at 23:18 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.