Waxing Crescent Moon
Waxing Crescent MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

Waxing Crescent in Scorpio

Waxing Crescent on . The illuminated surface of the moon is 5% and growing larger. The lunar cycle is 2 days young.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♏ Scorpio

Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.

1 day after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 3 October 2100 at 18:03.

Hunter Moon after 12 days

Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2100 after 12 days on 18 October 2100 at 04:06.

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.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"

Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1919".

Lunation 1246 / 2199

The Moon is 2 days young and navigating from the beginning to the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 1246 of Meeus index or 2199 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.38 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 12 minutes and it is 34 minutes shorter than the upcoming lunation's length. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2100. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decrease with the lunar orbit true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Lunation length shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 32 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 37 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠340.4°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠340.4° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠356.4°.

Moon after perigee

1 day since point of perigee on 4 October 2100 at 21:58 in ♎ Libra the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 20 October 2100 at 04:03 in ♉ Taurus.

Distance to Moon 363 408 km

The Moon is 363 408 km (225 811 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 14 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 359 km (252 500 mi).

Moon after descending node

3 days after descending node on 1 October 2100 at 12:43 in ♍ Virgo the Moon is positioned south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from South to North in ascending node on 14 October 2100 at 06:36 in ♓ Pisces.

Moon before southern standstill

9 days since the last northern standstill on 26 September 2100 at 01:39 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.300° the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.233° at the point of next southern standstill on 8 October 2100 at 20:58 in ♐ Sagittarius.

Draconic month

18 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♓ Pisces the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 12 days

In 12 days on 18 October 2100 at 04:06 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.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov