Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 4% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 11 October 2072 at 17:55.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1922"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1922" and ∠1924".
Hunter Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2072 after 13 days on 27 October 2072 at 01:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 18 October 2072 at 20:37
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 27 October 2072 at 01:21
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 3 November 2072 at 11:16
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 10 November 2072 at 04:21
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 900 / 1853
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 900 of Meeus index or 1853 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 26 minutes. It is 2 hours and 12 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 18 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 51 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠21.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠21.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠41.4°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 10 October 2072 at 10:58 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 22 October 2072 at 14:16 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 373 012 km
The Moon is 373 012 km (231 779 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 243 km (251 806 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 9 October 2072 at 01:44 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 22 October 2072 at 09:49 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 4 October 2072 at 13:44 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.655°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.728° at the point of next southern standstill on 17 October 2072 at 04:56 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 27 October 2072 at 01:21 in ♉ Taurus 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.
