Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 9% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% 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 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 is entering ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1959"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1959" and ∠1941".
Beaver Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2031 after 11 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
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 394 / 1347
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 394 of Meeus index or 1347 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 56 minutes. It is 55 minutes longer 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 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠312.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠312.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠334.7°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 22:07. It is 11 days after previous apogee on 6 November 2031 at 02:45 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 16 days, until point of next apogee on 3 December 2031 at 22:35 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 365 930 km
This perigee Moon is 365 930 km (227 378 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 422 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 4 426 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 14 November 2031 at 15:32 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 27 November 2031 at 14:01 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 16 November 2031 at 18:24 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.336°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.350° at the point of next northern standstill on 30 November 2031 at 00:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 28 November 2031 at 23:18 in ♊ Gemini 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.
