Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 August 2045 at 17:39.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1894".
Sturgeon Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2045 after 14 days on 27 August 2045 at 14:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 19 August 2045 at 11:55
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 27 August 2045 at 14:08
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 4 September 2045 at 10:03
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 11 September 2045 at 01:27
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 564 / 1517
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 564 of Meeus index or 1517 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 564 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 48 minutes. It is 1 hour and 21 minutes shorter than next lunation 565 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 56 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 13 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠0.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠0.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠16.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 12 August 2045 at 16:40 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 26 August 2045 at 04:13 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 363 750 km
Moon is 363 750 km (226 024 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 12 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 140 km (252 364 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 12 August 2045 at 21:20 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 26 August 2045 at 14:00 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 8 August 2045 at 22:31 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.798°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.803° in the next southern standstill on 21 August 2045 at 15:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 14 days
After 14 days on 27 August 2045 at 14:08 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.