Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 12 November 2042 at 20:28.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1795"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1795" and ∠1940".
Beaver Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2042 after 12 days on 27 November 2042 at 06:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 November 2042 at 14:31
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 27 November 2042 at 06:06
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 4 December 2042 at 09:19
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 December 2042 at 14:29
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 530 / 1483
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 530 of Meeus index or 1483 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 17 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 46 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠201.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠201.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠232°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 10 November 2042 at 12:15 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 25 November 2042 at 22:40 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 399 414 km
The Moon is 399 414 km (248 184 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 651 km (223 477 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 10 November 2042 at 01:54 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 24 November 2042 at 01:03 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 1 November 2042 at 17:22 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.455°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-28.390° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 November 2042 at 08:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 27 November 2042 at 06:06 in ♊ Gemini 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.
