Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 26% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 26% 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 28 September 2076 at 05:27.
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 ∠13° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1899"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1899" and ∠1919".
Hunter Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2076 after 8 days on 12 October 2076 at 09:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 5 October 2076 at 18:26
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 12 October 2076 at 09:37
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 19 October 2076 at 18:51
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 27 October 2076 at 20:50
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 949 / 1902
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 949 of Meeus index or 1902 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 23 minutes. It is 45 minutes longer 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 2 hours and 39 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 24 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠219.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠219.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠254.1°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 24 September 2076 at 11:16 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 10 October 2076 at 06:57 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 377 441 km
The Moon is 377 441 km (234 531 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 695 km (225 368 mi).
Moon before descending node
14 days after ascending node on 19 September 2076 at 11:58 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 4 October 2076 at 00:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the first to the middle part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 21 September 2076 at 02:19 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.689°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.833° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 October 2076 at 13:46 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 12 October 2076 at 09:37 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.
