Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 9% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 16 October 2096 at 06:28.
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 ∠2° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1927".
Hunter Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2096 after 11 days on 31 October 2096 at 11:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 24 October 2096 at 11:40
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 31 October 2096 at 11:16
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 7 November 2096 at 02:48
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 15 November 2096 at 00:36
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 1197 / 2150
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1197 of Meeus index or 2150 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 7 minutes. It is 1 hour 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 23 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 40 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠143.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠143.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠169.7°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 20:10. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 4 October 2096 at 00:44 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 1 November 2096 at 07:33 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 405 935 km
This apogee Moon is 405 935 km (252 236 mi) away from Earth. It is 527 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 774 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 18 October 2096 at 14:16 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 1 November 2096 at 07:19 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 8 October 2096 at 03:20 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.877°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.956° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 October 2096 at 13:04 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 31 October 2096 at 11:16 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.
