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 ♎ Libra.
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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 30 August 2038 at 10:13.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1960"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1960" and ∠1902".
Harvest Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2038 after 12 days on 13 September 2038 at 12:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 September 2038 at 01:51
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 13 September 2038 at 12:24
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 21 September 2038 at 16:27
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 28 September 2038 at 18:57
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 478 / 1431
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 478 of Meeus index or 1431 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 45 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2038. It is 10 minutes shorter 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 59 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 10 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠319.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠319.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠339.4°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 22:39. It is 11 days after previous apogee on 21 August 2038 at 01:57 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 16 days, until point of next apogee on 17 September 2038 at 19:15 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 364 106 km
This perigee Moon is 364 106 km (226 245 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 598 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 6 250 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 26 August 2038 at 03:40 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 7 September 2038 at 20:51 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 26 August 2038 at 08:58 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.151°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.232° at the point of next southern standstill on 8 September 2038 at 03:20 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 13 September 2038 at 12:24 in ♓ Pisces 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.
