Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 27 September 2049 at 02:05.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1912"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1912" and ∠1917".
Hunter Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2049 after 9 days on 11 October 2049 at 02:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 4 October 2049 at 09:39
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 11 October 2049 at 02:53
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 18 October 2049 at 17:55
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 October 2049 at 16:15
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 615 / 1568
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 615 of Meeus index or 1568 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 10 minutes. It is 49 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 1 hour and 26 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 37 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠241.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠241.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠278.3°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 22 September 2049 at 00:05 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 7 October 2049 at 21:10 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 374 841 km
The Moon is 374 841 km (232 915 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 276 km (227 593 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 11:18 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 14 October 2049 at 06:20 in ♊ Gemini.
New draconic month
At 11:18 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days since the previous standstill on 18 September 2049 at 07:37 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.544°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-21.422° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 October 2049 at 17:46 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 11 October 2049 at 02:53 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.
