Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 12% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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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 21 August 2066 at 00:50.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1884"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1884" and ∠1898".
Harvest Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2066 after 10 days on 4 September 2066 at 01:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 August 2066 at 08:25
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 4 September 2066 at 01:37
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 11 September 2066 at 14:16
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 19 September 2066 at 13:47
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 824 / 1777
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 824 of Meeus index or 1777 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 58 minutes. It is 1 hour and 3 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 13 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 49 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠236.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠236.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠272.1°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 16 August 2066 at 05:19 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 September 2066 at 01:49 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 380 499 km
The Moon is 380 499 km (236 431 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 541 km (227 137 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 16 August 2066 at 21:14 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 30 August 2066 at 14:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 15 August 2066 at 06:35 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.625°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.516° at the point of next southern standstill on 29 August 2066 at 07:59 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 4 September 2066 at 01:37 in ♓ Pisces 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.
