Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 4% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 4 October 2032 at 13:26.
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 ∠6° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1817"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1817" and ∠1920".
Hunter Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2032 after 12 days on 18 October 2032 at 18:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 12 October 2032 at 03:48
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 18 October 2032 at 18:58
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 26 October 2032 at 02:29
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 3 November 2032 at 05:45
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 405 / 1358
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 405 of Meeus index or 1358 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
Length of current 405 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 19 minutes. It is 1 hour and 11 minutes longer than next lunation 406 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 35 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 28 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠215.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠215.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠248.6°. 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 after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 1 October 2032 at 03:03 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 16 October 2032 at 21:27 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 394 447 km
Moon is 394 447 km (245 098 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 921 km (224 887 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♏ Scorpio at 02:03 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 19 October 2032 at 02:27 in ♉ Taurus.
New draconic month
At 02:03 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 25 September 2032 at 11:10 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.115°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.064° in the next southern standstill on 10 October 2032 at 03:40 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 18 October 2032 at 18:58 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.