Waxing Crescent Moon
Waxing Crescent MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

Waxing Crescent in Virgo

Waxing Crescent on . The illuminated surface of the moon is 3% and growing larger. The lunar cycle is 2 days young.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♍ Virgo

Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.

1 day after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 5 August 2062 at 00:40.

Sturgeon Moon after 13 days

Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2062 after 13 days on 20 August 2062 at 03:55.

Moderate tide

There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1944"

Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1944" and ∠1892".

Lunation 774 / 1727

The Moon is 2 days young and navigating from the beginning to the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 774 of Meeus index or 1727 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.33 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 2 minutes and it is 2 hours and 5 minutes shorter than the upcoming lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit 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 4 hours and 42 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 27 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠14°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠14° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠31.5°.

Moon after perigee

2 days since point of perigee on 4 August 2062 at 04:41 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 10 days until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 August 2062 at 18:05 in ♑ Capricorn.

Distance to Moon 368 695 km

The Moon is 368 695 km (229 096 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 741 km (252 116 mi).

Moon before descending node

11 days after ascending node on 26 July 2062 at 00:55 in ♓ Pisces the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following day until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 7 August 2062 at 17:38 in ♍ Virgo.

Moon after northern standstill

4 days since the last northern standstill on 2 August 2062 at 02:58 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.542° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.592° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 August 2062 at 06:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Draconic month

11 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♓ Pisces the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 13 days

In 13 days on 20 August 2062 at 03:55 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.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov