Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 5% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 3 August 2054 at 17:48.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2054 after 12 days on 18 August 2054 at 09:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 10 August 2054 at 10:05
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 18 August 2054 at 09:22
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 26 August 2054 at 08:56
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 2 September 2054 at 01:18
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 675 / 1628
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 675 of Meeus index or 1628 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 1 minute 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 14 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 55 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠352.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠352.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠7.4°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 4 August 2054 at 04:47 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 18 August 2054 at 10:18 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 363 798 km
The Moon is 363 798 km (226 054 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 258 km (252 437 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 4 August 2054 at 20:23 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 13 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 18 August 2054 at 14:57 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 1 August 2054 at 11:52 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.139°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.120° at the point of next southern standstill on 14 August 2054 at 09:17 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 18 August 2054 at 09:22 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
