Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 18% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 18% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 17 July 2042 at 05:52.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1779"
Lunar disc appears visually 6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1779" and ∠1888".
Sturgeon Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2042 after 11 days on 1 August 2042 at 17:33.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 25 July 2042 at 05:01
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 1 August 2042 at 17:33
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 8 August 2042 at 10:35
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 15 August 2042 at 18:01
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 526 / 1479
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 526 of Meeus index or 1479 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours and 40 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 35 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 34 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠88.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠88.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠123.3°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 9 July 2042 at 07:47 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 23 July 2042 at 20:11 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 403 007 km
The Moon is 403 007 km (250 417 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 290 km (251 214 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 10 July 2042 at 13:42 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 24 July 2042 at 06:34 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 15 July 2042 at 16:02 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.092°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.160° at the point of next southern standstill on 30 July 2042 at 02:39 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 1 August 2042 at 17:33 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
