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 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 6 August 2051 at 15:05.
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 ∠14° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2051 after 10 days on 22 August 2051 at 01:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 14 August 2051 at 16:49
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 August 2051 at 01:35
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 August 2051 at 17:29
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 5 September 2051 at 04:33
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 638 / 1591
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 638 of Meeus index or 1591 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
Length of current 638 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 28 minutes. It is 2 hours and 46 minutes shorter than next lunation 639 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 44 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 19 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠104.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠104.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠137°. 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 before apogee
14 days after point of perigee on 28 July 2051 at 00:46 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 12 August 2051 at 11:22 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 405 179 km
Moon is 405 179 km (251 767 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 639 km (251 431 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after its descending node on 29 July 2051 at 18:33 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 12 August 2051 at 11:44 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 2 August 2051 at 19:38 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.057°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.946° in the next southern standstill on 17 August 2051 at 06:45 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 22 August 2051 at 01:35 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.