Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 30 October 2073 at 19:13.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1954"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1954" and ∠1934".
Beaver Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2073 after 13 days on 14 November 2073 at 19:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 6 November 2073 at 15:42
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 14 November 2073 at 19:55
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 22 November 2073 at 14:15
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 29 November 2073 at 05:12
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 913 / 1866
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 913 of Meeus index or 1866 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 59 minutes. It is 1 hour and 44 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 45 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 24 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠6.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠6.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠22.5°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 30 October 2073 at 10:23 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 12 November 2073 at 10:04 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 366 885 km
The Moon is 366 885 km (227 972 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 195 km (252 398 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 25 October 2073 at 09:03 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 6 November 2073 at 19:59 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 22 October 2073 at 08:46 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.918°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.020° at the point of next southern standstill on 3 November 2073 at 23:06 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 14 November 2073 at 19:55 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.
