Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 6% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 August 2034 at 03:53.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1819"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1819" and ∠1895".
Sturgeon Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2034 after 13 days on 29 August 2034 at 16:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 August 2034 at 00:43
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 29 August 2034 at 16:49
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 5 September 2034 at 11:41
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 12 September 2034 at 16:14
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 428 / 1381
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 428 of Meeus index or 1381 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 21 minutes. It is 2 hours and 58 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 23 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 46 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠73.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠73.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠108.6°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 8 August 2034 at 08:24 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 August 2034 at 12:02 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 393 989 km
The Moon is 393 989 km (244 813 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 240 km (251 183 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♍ Virgo at 16:01 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 14 days later on 30 August 2034 at 22:58 in ♓ Pisces.
New draconic month
At 16:01 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 10 August 2034 at 13:32 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.276°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.219° at the point of next southern standstill on 24 August 2034 at 17:42 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 29 August 2034 at 16:49 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
