Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 20 August 2042 Wednesday is Waxing Crescent, 4 days young Moon is in Libra.

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Lunar calendar 2042 | August 2042

Waxing Crescent phase
Waxing Crescent phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waxing Crescent 20% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 20% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.

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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 15 August 2042 at 18:01.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon in ♎ Libra

Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"

Lunar disc appears visually 7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1897".

Sturgeon Moon after 10 days

Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2042 after 10 days on 31 August 2042 at 02:02.

Upcoming main Moon phases

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 527 / 1480

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 527 of Meeus index or 1480 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.62 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 49 minutes. It is 2 hours and 24 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 longer than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 5 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 58 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠123.3°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠123.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠152.7°.

Moon at apogee

Moon is at apogee at 13:59. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 4 August 2042 at 18:09 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 1 September 2042 at 15:49 in ♓ Pisces.

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Distance to Moon 405 193 km

This apogee Moon is 405 193 km (251 775 mi) away from Earth. It is 215 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 516 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.

Moon in descending node

Moon is in descending node in ♎ Libra at 09:13 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 2 September 2042 at 19:23 in ♈ Aries.

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Draconic month

13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.

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Moon before southern standstill

8 days since the previous standstill on 11 August 2042 at 21:49 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.226°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.327° at the point of next southern standstill on 26 August 2042 at 11:39 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Syzygy in 10 days

In 10 days on 31 August 2042 at 02:02 in ♓ Pisces 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.

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