Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 28% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 28% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 26 August 2041 at 16:16.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1826"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1826" and ∠1902".
Harvest Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2041 after 8 days on 10 September 2041 at 09:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 3 September 2041 at 17:19
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 10 September 2041 at 09:24
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 17 September 2041 at 05:33
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 25 September 2041 at 08:41
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 515 / 1468
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 515 of Meeus index or 1468 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
Length of current 515 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 25 minutes. It is 24 minutes shorter than next lunation 516 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 41 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 22 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠176.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠176.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠200.1°. 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 after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 27 August 2041 at 02:03 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 September 2041 at 02:12 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 392 542 km
Moon is 392 542 km (243 914 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 004 km (221 832 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♏ Scorpio at 00:51 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet ascending node on 13 September 2041 at 16:25 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 21 August 2041 at 21:17 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.495°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.620° in the next southern standstill on 5 September 2041 at 12:54 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 10 September 2041 at 09:24 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.