Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 29% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 29% and growing larger. The 5 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 28 September 2038 at 18:57.
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 ∠16° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1954"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1954" and ∠1918".
Hunter Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2038 after 9 days on 13 October 2038 at 04:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 5 October 2038 at 09:52
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 13 October 2038 at 04:22
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 21 October 2038 at 08:23
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 28 October 2038 at 03:53
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 479 / 1432
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 479 of Meeus index or 1432 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes. It is 59 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 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠339.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠339.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠355.4°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 30 September 2038 at 00:20 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 15 October 2038 at 07:13 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 366 762 km
The Moon is 366 762 km (227 895 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 282 km (252 452 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 22 September 2038 at 07:26 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 4 October 2038 at 21:28 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
11 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 before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 22 September 2038 at 17:24 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.372°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-23.486° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 October 2038 at 08:40 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 13 October 2038 at 04:22 in ♈ Aries 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.
