Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 24% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 24% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 4 October 2070 at 07:01.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1922".
Hunter Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2070 after 10 days on 19 October 2070 at 18:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 12 October 2070 at 08:40
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 19 October 2070 at 18:59
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 26 October 2070 at 10:47
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 2 November 2070 at 22:42
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 875 / 1828
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 875 of Meeus index or 1828 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 41 minutes. It is 2 hours and 30 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 2 hours and 57 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 6 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠100.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠100.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠134.9°.
Moon before perigee
14 days after point of perigee on 24 September 2070 at 22:02 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 10 October 2070 at 07:45 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 405 297 km
The Moon is 405 297 km (251 840 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 811 km (251 538 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 4 October 2070 at 16:29 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 19 October 2070 at 01:49 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 26 September 2070 at 13:29 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.394°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-18.377° at the point of next southern standstill on 10 October 2070 at 08:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 19 October 2070 at 18:59 in ♈ Aries 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.
