Waxing
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 17% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 8 September 2086 at 01:17.
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 ∠9° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1779"
Lunar disc appears visually 7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1779" and ∠1907".
Harvest Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2086 after 10 days on 23 September 2086 at 01:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 September 2086 at 05:17
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 23 September 2086 at 01:15
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 29 September 2086 at 17:52
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 7 October 2086 at 17:56
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 1072 / 2025
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1072 of Meeus index or 2025 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.69 days
Length of current 1072 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 39 minutes. It is 1 hour and 18 minutes shorter than next lunation 1073 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 55 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 8 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠157.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠157.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠181.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 10 September 2086 at 10:10 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 September 2086 at 10:35 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 402 927 km
Moon is 402 927 km (250 367 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 038 km (221 853 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after its descending node on 31 August 2086 at 08:57 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 14 September 2086 at 21:12 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 1 September 2086 at 02:04 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠22.092°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-21.940° in the next southern standstill on 15 September 2086 at 19:03 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 23 September 2086 at 01:15 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.