Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 27 August 2068 at 18:28.
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 ∠4° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♎ Libra later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1901".
Harvest Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2068 after 13 days on 11 September 2068 at 17:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 September 2068 at 22:04
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 September 2068 at 17:19
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 September 2068 at 10:16
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 September 2068 at 10:48
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.
Lunation 849 / 1802
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 849 of Meeus index or 1802 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 20 minutes. It is 1 hour and 9 minutes shorter 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 3 hours and 36 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 27 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠160.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠160.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠183.9°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 20:38. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 14 August 2068 at 15:33 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next perigee on 12 September 2068 at 00:17 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 406 437 km
This apogee Moon is 406 437 km (252 548 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 029 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 272 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 20 August 2068 at 00:01 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 3 September 2068 at 12:48 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 21 August 2068 at 14:51 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.140°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.990° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 September 2068 at 09:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 11 September 2068 at 17:19 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.
