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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 36% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 36% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1816"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1816" and ∠1903".
Harvest Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2068 after 8 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
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 849 / 1802
The Moon is 6 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 after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 29 August 2068 at 20:38 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 12 September 2068 at 00:17 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 394 804 km
The Moon is 394 804 km (245 320 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 950 km (221 798 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♏ Scorpio at 12:48 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 16 September 2068 at 02:30 in ♉ Taurus.
New draconic month
At 12:48 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
12 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 day 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 8 days
In 8 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.
