Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day 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 19 October 2036 at 11:50.
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 ∠11° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1888"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1888" and ∠1928".
Beaver Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2036 after 14 days on 4 November 2036 at 00:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 27 October 2036 at 01:14
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 4 November 2036 at 00:44
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 11 November 2036 at 01:28
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 18 November 2036 at 00:14
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 455 / 1408
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 455 of Meeus index or 1408 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 24 minutes. It is 2 hours and 56 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 20 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 49 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠46.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠46.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠76°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 16 October 2036 at 12:04 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 28 October 2036 at 07:33 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 379 650 km
The Moon is 379 650 km (235 904 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 295 km (251 217 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 14 October 2036 at 12:21 in ♌ Leo. 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 27 October 2036 at 20:06 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
5 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 12 October 2036 at 00:39 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠20.162°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.273° at the point of next southern standstill on 25 October 2036 at 00:51 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 14 days
In 14 days on 4 November 2036 at 00:44 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.
