Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 14% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 14% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 16 November 2058 at 03:09.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1951"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1951" and ∠1942".
Beaver Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2058 after 10 days on 30 November 2058 at 03:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 23 November 2058 at 00:16
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 30 November 2058 at 03:17
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 8 December 2058 at 04:51
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 December 2058 at 16:12
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 728 / 1681
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 728 of Meeus index or 1681 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
Length of current 728 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 2 minutes. It is 1 hour and 17 minutes longer than next lunation 729 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 18 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 45 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠294°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠294°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠321.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of apogee on 8 November 2058 at 10:49 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 20 November 2058 at 22:40 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 367 443 km
Moon is 367 443 km (228 318 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 235 km (229 432 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 16 November 2058 at 23:56 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 29 November 2058 at 23:07 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 09:59 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-26.009°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2058. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠26.007° in its northern standstill point on 2 December 2058 at 15:32 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 30 November 2058 at 03:17 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.