Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 18% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 18% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 7 October 2048 at 17:45.
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 ∠9° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1923".
Hunter Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2048 after 10 days on 21 October 2048 at 18:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 14 October 2048 at 12:20
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 21 October 2048 at 18:25
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 29 October 2048 at 22:15
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 6 November 2048 at 04:38
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 603 / 1556
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 603 of Meeus index or 1556 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 53 minutes. It is 1 minute 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 51 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 18 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠307.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠307.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠330.6°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 04:52. It is 11 days after previous apogee on 29 September 2048 at 06:20 in ♊ Gemini. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next apogee on 27 October 2048 at 01:59 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 366 937 km
This perigee Moon is 366 937 km (228 004 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 429 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 3 419 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 28 September 2048 at 18:16 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 12 October 2048 at 07:07 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days since the previous standstill on 28 September 2048 at 11:46 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.189°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-23.082° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 October 2048 at 03:48 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 21 October 2048 at 18:25 in ♈ Aries 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.
