Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
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 5 August 2043 at 02:23.
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 ∠10° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1801"
Lunar disc appears visually 5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1801" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2043 after 11 days on 20 August 2043 at 15:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 12 August 2043 at 18:57
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 20 August 2043 at 15:04
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 August 2043 at 13:09
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 September 2043 at 13:17
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 539 / 1492
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 539 of Meeus index or 1492 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 55 minutes. It is 3 hours 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 1 hour and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠57.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠57.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠88.7°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 1 August 2043 at 05:13 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 August 2043 at 08:32 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 398 057 km
The Moon is 398 057 km (247 341 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 190 km (251 152 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 8 August 2043 at 16:43 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 August 2043 at 23:42 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 2 August 2043 at 03:11 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.531°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.600° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 August 2043 at 03:37 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 20 August 2043 at 15:04 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.
