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
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 4 September 2089 at 15:58.
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 ∠10° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1926"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1926" and ∠1904".
Harvest Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2089 after 13 days on 19 September 2089 at 21:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 September 2089 at 18:01
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 19 September 2089 at 21:55
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 September 2089 at 09:15
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 4 October 2089 at 01:15
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 1109 / 2062
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 1109 of Meeus index or 2062 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 17 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 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 3 hours and 27 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 42 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠19.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠19.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠38.1°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 3 September 2089 at 12:32 in ♌ Leo. 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 15 September 2089 at 19:18 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 372 128 km
The Moon is 372 128 km (231 230 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 459 km (251 941 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♎ Libra at 11:05 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 14 days later on 20 September 2089 at 20:20 in ♈ Aries.
New draconic month
At 11:05 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 30 August 2089 at 14:24 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.297°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.244° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 September 2089 at 09:44 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 19 September 2089 at 21:55 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.
