Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 5% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and growing larger. The 2 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 11 November 2034 at 01:16.
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 ∠18° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1939".
Beaver Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2034 after 12 days on 25 November 2034 at 22:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 19 November 2034 at 04:01
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 25 November 2034 at 22:32
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 2 December 2034 at 16:46
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 December 2034 at 20:14
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 431 / 1384
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 431 of Meeus index or 1384 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 58 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2034. It is 9 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 14 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 49 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠168.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠168.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠192.5°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 12 November 2034 at 09:37 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 25 November 2034 at 22:06 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 404 662 km
The Moon is 404 662 km (251 445 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 448 km (221 487 mi).
Moon after ascending node
7 days after ascending node on 6 November 2034 at 10:15 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 21 November 2034 at 00:41 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days since the previous standstill on 31 October 2034 at 08:54 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.332°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-18.431° at the point of next southern standstill on 14 November 2034 at 17:11 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 25 November 2034 at 22:32 in ♉ Taurus 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.
