Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 25 October 2041 at 01:30.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1848"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1848" and ∠1931".
Beaver Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2041 after 11 days on 8 November 2041 at 04:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 1 November 2041 at 12:05
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 8 November 2041 at 04:43
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 15 November 2041 at 16:06
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 23 November 2041 at 17:36
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 517 / 1470
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 517 of Meeus index or 1470 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 517 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 6 minutes. It is 1 hour and 36 minutes longer than next lunation 518 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 22 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 41 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠229.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠229.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠265.9°. 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
6 days after point of apogee on 20 October 2041 at 16:08 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 5 November 2041 at 15:42 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 387 912 km
Moon is 387 912 km (241 037 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 299 km (226 365 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 25 October 2041 at 09:31 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 7 November 2041 at 12:05 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
16 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
12 days after previous North standstill on 15 October 2041 at 10:36 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.830°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.842° in the next southern standstill on 30 October 2041 at 01:24 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 8 November 2041 at 04:43 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.