Waxing
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 5% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 6 September 2078 at 07:59.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1785"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1785" and ∠1905".
Harvest Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2078 after 13 days on 21 September 2078 at 17:31.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 14 September 2078 at 11:22
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 September 2078 at 17:31
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 28 September 2078 at 09:00
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 5 October 2078 at 23:06
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 973 / 1926
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 973 of Meeus index or 1926 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 7 minutes. It is 2 hours and 43 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 23 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 40 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠115.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠115.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠146.4°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 26 August 2078 at 20:12 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 11 September 2078 at 14:50 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 401 507 km
The Moon is 401 507 km (249 485 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 992 km (251 650 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 28 August 2078 at 09:02 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 11 September 2078 at 01:26 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 1 September 2078 at 05:56 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.321°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.437° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 September 2078 at 16:23 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 21 September 2078 at 17:31 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.
