Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 22% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 22% and growing larger. The 5 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 2 August 2046 at 10:25.
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 ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2046 after 10 days on 16 August 2046 at 14:50.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 9 August 2046 at 01:15
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 16 August 2046 at 14:50
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 24 August 2046 at 18:36
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 31 August 2046 at 18:25
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 576 / 1529
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 576 of Meeus index or 1529 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 576 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 1 minute. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2046. It is longer than next lunation 577 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 44 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 25 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠328°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠328°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠345.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 4 August 2046 at 09:16 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 20 August 2046 at 01:53 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 363 625 km
Moon is 363 625 km (225 946 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 828 km (252 170 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 2 August 2046 at 00:47 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 15 August 2046 at 00:43 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 29 July 2046 at 22:44 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.730°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.723° in the next southern standstill on 11 August 2046 at 15:06 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 16 August 2046 at 14:50 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.