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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 43% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 43% and growing larger. The 7 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 14 August 2053 at 00:41.
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 passing about ∠20° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1812"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1812" and ∠1897".
Sturgeon Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2053 after 8 days on 29 August 2053 at 07:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 21 August 2053 at 04:27
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 29 August 2053 at 07:53
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 5 September 2053 at 17:05
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 12 September 2053 at 09:36
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 663 / 1616
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 663 of Meeus index or 1616 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 663 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 55 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter than next lunation 664 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 20 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠23.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠23.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠43.5°. 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
7 days after point of perigee on 12 August 2053 at 14:58 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 24 August 2053 at 18:27 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 395 627 km
Moon is 395 627 km (245 831 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 238 km (251 803 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 15 August 2053 at 17:54 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 30 August 2053 at 03:39 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 10 August 2053 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.377°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.341° in the next southern standstill on 24 August 2053 at 02:41 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 29 August 2053 at 07:53 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.