Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 21% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 21% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 18 September 2039 at 08:23.
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 ∠24° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1963"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1963" and ∠1912".
Hunter Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2039 after 9 days on 2 October 2039 at 07:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 25 September 2039 at 04:53
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 2 October 2039 at 07:23
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 10 October 2039 at 08:59
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 17 October 2039 at 19:09
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 491 / 1444
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 491 of Meeus index or 1444 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 491 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 46 minutes. It is 9 minutes longer than next lunation 492 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 58 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 11 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠294.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠294.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠321.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of apogee on 10 September 2039 at 14:24 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 September 2039 at 02:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 365 243 km
Moon is 365 243 km (226 951 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 956 km (229 259 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 10 September 2039 at 13:18 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 24 September 2039 at 01:47 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
11 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 12 September 2039 at 12:07 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.993°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.118° in the next southern standstill on 25 September 2039 at 19:27 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 2 October 2039 at 07:23 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.