Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 17% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 29 July 2068 at 03:55.
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 leaving the last ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♎ Libra later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2068 after 10 days on 13 August 2068 at 09:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 6 August 2068 at 07:38
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 13 August 2068 at 09:51
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 20 August 2068 at 00:16
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 27 August 2068 at 18:28
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 848 / 1801
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 848 of Meeus index or 1801 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 34 minutes. It is 1 hour and 46 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 1 hour and 50 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 13 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠133.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠133.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠160.5°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 08:59. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 17 July 2068 at 14:05 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 14 August 2068 at 15:33 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 405 607 km
This apogee Moon is 405 607 km (252 033 mi) away from Earth. It is 199 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 102 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 23 July 2068 at 23:15 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 7 August 2068 at 11:02 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 25 July 2068 at 08:58 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.350°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-21.234° at the point of next southern standstill on 9 August 2068 at 00:30 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 13 August 2068 at 09:51 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.
