Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 16% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 23 October 2033 at 07:28.
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 ∠21° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1820"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1820" and ∠1931".
Beaver Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2033 after 10 days on 6 November 2033 at 20:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 31 October 2033 at 04:46
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 6 November 2033 at 20:32
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 13 November 2033 at 20:09
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 November 2033 at 01:39
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 418 / 1371
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 418 of Meeus index or 1371 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
Length of current 418 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 11 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2033. It is 1 hour and 4 minutes longer than next lunation 419 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 27 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 36 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠190.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠190.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠217.2°. 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 22 October 2033 at 03:15 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 5 November 2033 at 23:57 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 393 795 km
Moon is 393 795 km (244 693 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 102 km (222 514 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 21 October 2033 at 19:04 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 4 November 2033 at 16:35 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
5 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 23:48 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-18.327°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠18.369° in its northern standstill point on 9 November 2033 at 16:57 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 6 November 2033 at 20:32 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.