Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 32% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 32% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 5 September 2051 at 04:33.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♏ Scorpio
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1782"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1782" and ∠1906".
Harvest Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2051 after 8 days on 20 September 2051 at 10:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 13 September 2051 at 09:20
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 20 September 2051 at 10:11
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 September 2051 at 01:22
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 4 October 2051 at 20:47
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 639 / 1592
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 639 of Meeus index or 1592 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour and 58 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 29 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 33 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠137°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠137°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠163.9°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 9 September 2051 at 04:18 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 21 September 2051 at 12:20 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 402 198 km
The Moon is 402 198 km (249 914 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 10 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 920 km (223 023 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 8 September 2051 at 15:18 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 22 September 2051 at 03:59 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 30 August 2051 at 01:37 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.858°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.758° at the point of next southern standstill on 13 September 2051 at 15:30 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 20 September 2051 at 10:11 in ♓ Pisces 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.
