Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 10% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 10% and growing larger. The 3 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 12 November 2061 at 03:40.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1940".
Beaver Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2061 after 11 days on 27 November 2061 at 06:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 November 2061 at 08:11
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 27 November 2061 at 06:32
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 3 December 2061 at 22:12
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 December 2061 at 22:32
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 765 / 1718
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 765 of Meeus index or 1718 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes. It is 27 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 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 54 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠151.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠151.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠176.8°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 02:30. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 30 October 2061 at 10:28 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 27 November 2061 at 19:57 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 406 329 km
This apogee Moon is 406 329 km (252 481 mi) away from Earth. It is 921 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 380 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 8 November 2061 at 21:38 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 23 November 2061 at 11:10 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 15:41 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-28.489°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠28.441° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 28 November 2061 at 23:49.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 27 November 2061 at 06:32 in ♊ Gemini 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.
