Moon phase period. Waxing Crescent

Name: waning or old moon.

Waning Moon (old Moon) and its influence

The waning moon washes, exhales, dries, calls for activity and energy expenditure. The body is tuned to energy consumption, release and cleansing.

Waning Moon (old Moon) – health

With the old Moon, the body easily and willingly expends energy, while remaining vigorous and strong. At this time, we tolerate pain more easily, cope with infection faster and recover more easily from illnesses and operations. Therefore, all surgical interventions (except urgent ones), all medical procedures associated with a load on the body and requiring the expenditure of strength and energy, should be carried out only during the waning Moon. The same applies to visiting the dentist - regardless of whether you are going to fill your teeth, remove them, or install dentures. On the old Moon, the most effective and timely are all procedures for cleansing, washing and relieving inflammation of organs and parts of the body, depending.

Losing weight during the waning moon

When the Moon is waning, you can allow yourself to eat too much without the risk of gaining weight. But on the other hand, both diets and fasting days are more effective during the waning Moon. By limiting yourself in food during the waning moon, you can lose twice as much weight and do it in a shorter time.

Waning Moon (old Moon) – beauty, hair cutting

It is better not to go to the hairdresser during the waning moon. At this time, we are especially strong and actively expend energy, and we must apply this power in our lives and realize ourselves. By visiting a hairdresser on this day, we risk giving him our power or leaving it on the ends of the cut hair. After this, both your activity and energy will dry up, your hair will begin to hurt and grow poorly. The exception to this is .

With an old Moon, it is easier for the skin to get rid of something extra that bothers it, for example, acne, blackheads, freckles, age spots and other “troubles”. All kinds of cleaning are shown - internal and external.

Waning Moon calendar for 2018 contains information about the dates and times of the beginning and end of days of decreasing Moons.

Waning Moon (old Moon) in zodiac signs

Waning Moon in Aries

These days, teenage complexes may awaken in you; everything is seen in black and white. In other people, gaiety seems to be malice, activity - aggression, kindness - weakness, friendliness - hypocrisy. When the Moon is waning in Aries, it is better to find something logical to do; relax by playing checkers, chess, or solving crosswords.

Waning Moon in Taurus

The feeling of harmony fills us with joy, a feeling of fullness of life. However, the world around us, alas, is not so harmonious, so enjoy life with an eye on its business side.

Waning Moon in Gemini

Unexpectedly, we receive reproaches for illogicality and non-commitment. Remember vanity and activity are different concepts. If you deliberately create chaos, then it must be understandable to you and you must navigate it freely.

Waning Moon in Cancer

It's time to delve into the past. The Old Moon in Cancer connects the past with the present. Get out your old planners, notebooks and notebooks. There you can find information that was not interesting before, but now suddenly comes in handy.

Waning Moon in Leo

The most favorable time for public speaking. A skilled speaker easily impresses his views on the audience. During the waning Moon in Leo, a great opportunity arises to convince people that you are right.

Waning Moon in Virgo

These are the days of bringing cleanliness and order. You can clean everything from home floors to financial documents.

Waning Moon in Libra

These days are most favorable for constructive discussion of different opinions. At this time, people subconsciously avoid quarrels and try to communicate with each other as politely and correctly as possible. Here, concessions are made not because of the stubbornness of the parties, but out of a desire to find the most convenient and acceptable forms of cooperation.

Waning Moon in Scorpio

This period can be called the time of rebirth to life. Old unnecessary things disappear, old connections are broken, or, on the contrary, lost relationships are restored. Be extremely attentive to everything that unexpectedly arises from the past.

Waning Moon in Sagittarius

Hierarchy takes on special significance. These days, the bull should under no circumstances allow himself to do things that are only allowed to Jupiter.

Waning Moon in Capricorn

By these days, people accumulate strong internal emotions that are ready to spill out. To avoid this, it would be good to listen to soulful music and go to a concert. If you throw off the burden of emotions in time, you will meet the old Moon in Capricorn calm and peaceful. You will subtly feel the world around you and will not react painfully to its imperfections. This state of mind is one of the brightest and most pleasant.

Waning Moon in Aquarius

These days you don’t want to open up your inner world to outsiders. Focus on business, without communicating with people at a close psychological distance.

Waning Moon in Pisces

Beautiful time! The sense of rhythm intensifies, you feel with pleasure the beating of the vital pulse, the seething of vital forces at every point of your body. Try not to fall into euphoria. During this period, concentrate on the most important things, the main goal. A surge of energy can crush many obstacles on the way to it.

In 1609, after the invention of the telescope, humanity was able to examine its space satellite in detail for the first time. Since then, the Moon has been the most studied cosmic body, as well as the first one that man managed to visit.

The first thing we have to figure out is what our satellite is? The answer is unexpected: although the Moon is considered a satellite, technically it is the same full-fledged planet as the Earth. It has large dimensions - 3476 kilometers across at the equator - and a mass of 7.347 × 10 22 kilograms; The Moon is only slightly inferior to the smallest planet in the Solar System. All this makes it a full participant in the Moon-Earth gravitational system.

Another such tandem is known in the Solar System, and Charon. Although the entire mass of our satellite is a little more than a hundredth of the mass of the Earth, the Moon does not orbit the Earth itself - they have a common center of mass. And the proximity of the satellite to us gives rise to another interesting effect, tidal locking. Because of it, the Moon always faces the same side towards the Earth.

Moreover, from the inside, the Moon is structured like a full-fledged planet - it has a crust, a mantle and even a core, and in the distant past there were volcanoes on it. However, nothing remains of the ancient landscapes - over the course of four and a half billion years of the Moon’s history, millions of tons of meteorites and asteroids fell on it, furrowing it, leaving craters. Some of the impacts were so strong that they tore through its crust all the way to its mantle. The pits from such collisions formed lunar maria, dark spots on the Moon that are easily visible from. Moreover, they are present exclusively on the visible side. Why? We will talk about this further.

Among cosmic bodies, the Moon influences the Earth the most - except, perhaps, the Sun. Lunar tides, which regularly raise water levels in the world's oceans, are the most obvious, but not the most powerful, impact of the satellite. Thus, gradually moving away from the Earth, the Moon slows down the rotation of the planet - a solar day has grown from the original 5 to the modern 24 hours. The satellite also serves as a natural barrier against hundreds of meteorites and asteroids, intercepting them as they approach the Earth.

And without a doubt, the Moon is a tasty object for astronomers: both amateurs and professionals. Although the distance to the Moon has been measured to within a meter using laser technology, and soil samples from it have been brought back to Earth many times, there is still room for discovery. For example, scientists are hunting for lunar anomalies - mysterious flashes and lights on the surface of the Moon, not all of which have an explanation. It turns out that our satellite hides much more than is visible on the surface - let's understand the secrets of the Moon together!

Topographic map of the Moon

Characteristics of the Moon

Scientific study of the Moon today is more than 2200 years old. The motion of a satellite in the Earth's sky, its phases and distance from it to the Earth were described in detail by the ancient Greeks - and the internal structure of the Moon and its history are studied to this day by spacecraft. Nevertheless, centuries of work by philosophers, and then physicists and mathematicians, have provided very accurate data about how our Moon looks and moves, and why it is the way it is. All information about the satellite can be divided into several categories that flow from each other.

Orbital characteristics of the Moon

How does the Moon move around the Earth? If our planet were stationary, the satellite would rotate in an almost perfect circle, from time to time slightly approaching and moving away from the planet. But the Earth itself is around the Sun - the Moon has to constantly “catch up” with the planet. And our Earth is not the only body with which our satellite interacts. The Sun, located 390 times farther than the Earth from the Moon, is 333 thousand times more massive than the Earth. And even taking into account the inverse square law, according to which the intensity of any energy source drops sharply with distance, the Sun attracts the Moon 2.2 times stronger than the Earth!

Therefore, the final trajectory of our satellite’s motion resembles a spiral, and a complex one at that. The axis of the lunar orbit fluctuates, the Moon itself periodically approaches and moves away, and on a global scale it even flies away from the Earth. These same fluctuations lead to the fact that the visible side of the Moon is not the same hemisphere of the satellite, but its different parts, which alternately turn towards the Earth due to the “swaying” of the satellite in orbit. These movements of the Moon in longitude and latitude are called librations, and allow us to look beyond the far side of our satellite long before the first flyby by spacecraft. From east to west, the Moon rotates 7.5 degrees, and from north to south - 6.5. Therefore, both poles of the Moon can be easily seen from Earth.

The specific orbital characteristics of the Moon are useful not only to astronomers and cosmonauts - for example, photographers especially appreciate the supermoon: the phase of the Moon in which it reaches its maximum size. This is a full moon during which the Moon is at perigee. Here are the main parameters of our satellite:

  • The Moon's orbit is elliptical, its deviation from a perfect circle is about 0.049. Taking into account orbital fluctuations, the minimum distance of the satellite to the Earth (perigee) is 362 thousand kilometers, and the maximum (apogee) is 405 thousand kilometers.
  • The common center of mass of the Earth and the Moon is located 4.5 thousand kilometers from the center of the Earth.
  • A sidereal month - the complete passage of the Moon in its orbit - takes 27.3 days. However, for a complete revolution around the Earth and a change in lunar phases, it takes 2.2 days more - after all, during the time that the Moon moves in its orbit, the Earth flies a thirteenth part of its own orbit around the Sun!
  • The Moon is tidally locked into the Earth - it rotates on its axis at the same speed as around the Earth. Because of this, the Moon is constantly turned to the Earth with the same side. This condition is typical for satellites that are very close to the planet.

  • Night and day on the Moon are very long - half the length of an earthly month.
  • During those periods when the Moon comes out from behind the globe, it is visible in the sky - the shadow of our planet gradually slides off the satellite, allowing the Sun to illuminate it, and then covers it back. Changes in the illumination of the Moon, visible from the Earth, are called ee. During the new moon, the satellite is not visible in the sky; during the young moon phase, its thin crescent appears, resembling the curl of the letter “P”; in the first quarter, the Moon is exactly half illuminated, and during the full moon it is most noticeable. Further phases - the second quarter and the old moon - occur in the reverse order.

Interesting fact: since the lunar month is shorter than the calendar month, sometimes there can be two full moons in one month - the second is called a “blue moon”. It is as bright as an ordinary light - it illuminates the Earth by 0.25 lux (for example, ordinary lighting inside a house is 50 lux). The Earth itself illuminates the Moon 64 times stronger - as much as 16 lux. Of course, all the light is not our own, but reflected sunlight.

  • The Moon's orbit is inclined to the Earth's orbital plane and regularly crosses it. The satellite's inclination is constantly changing, varying between 4.5° and 5.3°. It takes more than 18 years for the Moon to change its inclination.
  • The Moon moves around the Earth at a speed of 1.02 km/s. This is much less than the speed of the Earth around the Sun - 29.7 km/s. The maximum speed of the spacecraft achieved by the Helios-B solar probe was 66 kilometers per second.

Physical parameters of the Moon and its composition

It took people a long time to understand how big the Moon is and what it consists of. Only in 1753, the scientist R. Bošković was able to prove that the Moon does not have a significant atmosphere, as well as liquid seas - when covered by the Moon, the stars disappear instantly, when their presence would make it possible to observe their gradual “attenuation”. It took another 200 years for the Soviet station Luna 13 to measure the mechanical properties of the lunar surface in 1966. And nothing was known at all about the far side of the Moon until 1959, when the Luna-3 apparatus was able to take its first photographs.

The Apollo 11 spacecraft crew returned the first samples to the surface in 1969. They also became the first people to visit the Moon - until 1972, 6 ships landed on it and 12 astronauts landed. The reliability of these flights was often doubted - however, many of the critics' points were based on their ignorance of space affairs. The American flag, which, according to conspiracy theorists, “could not have flown in the airless space of the Moon,” is in fact solid and static - it was specially reinforced with solid threads. This was done specifically in order to take beautiful pictures - a sagging canvas is not so spectacular.

Many distortions of colors and relief shapes in the reflections on the helmets of the spacesuits in which counterfeits were sought were due to gold plating on the glass, which protected against ultraviolet. Soviet cosmonauts who watched the live broadcast of the astronaut landing also confirmed the authenticity of what was happening. And who can deceive an expert in his field?

And complete geological and topographic maps of our satellite are being compiled to this day. In 2009, the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) space station not only delivered the most detailed images of the Moon in history, but also proved the presence of large amounts of frozen water on it. He also put an end to the debate about whether people were on the Moon by filming traces of the activities of the Apollo team from low lunar orbit. The device was equipped with equipment from several countries, including Russia.

Since new space states like China and private companies are joining the lunar exploration, new data is arriving every day. We have collected the main parameters of our satellite:

  • The surface area of ​​the Moon occupies 37.9x10 6 square kilometers - about 0.07% of the total area of ​​the Earth. Incredibly, this is only 20% greater than the area of ​​all human-inhabited areas on our planet!
  • The average density of the Moon is 3.4 g/cm 3 . It is 40% less than the density of the Earth - primarily due to the fact that the satellite is devoid of many heavy elements like iron, which our planet is rich in. In addition, 2% of the Moon's mass is regolith - small crumbs of rock created by cosmic erosion and meteorite impacts, the density of which is lower than normal rock. Its thickness in some places reaches tens of meters!
  • Everyone knows that the Moon is much smaller than the Earth, which affects its gravity. The acceleration of free fall on it is 1.63 m/s 2 - only 16.5 percent of the entire gravitational force of the Earth. The astronauts' jumps on the Moon were very high, even though their spacesuits weighed 35.4 kilograms - almost like knight's armor! At the same time, they were still holding back: a fall in a vacuum was quite dangerous. Below is a video of the astronaut jumping from the live broadcast.

  • Lunar maria cover about 17% of the entire Moon - mainly its visible side, which is covered by almost a third. They are traces of impacts from particularly heavy meteorites, which literally tore the crust off the satellite. In these places, only a thin, half-kilometer layer of solidified lava—basalt—separates the surface from the lunar mantle. Because the concentration of solids increases closer to the center of any large cosmic body, there is more metal in the lunar maria than anywhere else on the Moon.
  • The main form of relief of the Moon is craters and other derivatives from impacts and shock waves from steroids. Huge lunar mountains and circuses were built and changed the structure of the surface of the Moon beyond recognition. Their role was especially strong at the beginning of the history of the Moon, when it was still liquid - the falls raised whole waves of molten stone. This also caused the formation of lunar seas: the side facing the Earth was hotter due to the concentration of heavy substances in it, which is why asteroids affected it more strongly than the cool back side. The reason for this uneven distribution of matter was the gravity of the Earth, which was especially strong at the beginning of the Moon’s history, when it was closer.

  • In addition to craters, mountains and seas, there are caves and cracks in the moon - surviving witnesses of the times when the bowels of the Moon were as hot as , and volcanoes were active on it. These caves often contain water ice, just like the craters at the poles, which is why they are often considered as sites for future lunar bases.
  • The real color of the Moon's surface is very dark, closer to black. All over the Moon there are a variety of colors - from turquoise blue to almost orange. The light gray tint of the Moon from the Earth and in the photographs is due to the high illumination of the Moon by the Sun. Due to its dark color, the surface of the satellite reflects only 12% of all rays falling from our star. If the Moon were brighter, during full moons it would be as bright as day.

How was the Moon formed?

The study of lunar minerals and its history is one of the most difficult disciplines for scientists. The surface of the Moon is open to cosmic rays, and there is nothing to retain heat at the surface - therefore, the satellite heats up to 105 ° C during the day, and cools down to –150 ° C at night. The two-week duration of day and night increases the effect on the surface - and as a result, the minerals of the Moon change beyond recognition with time. However, we managed to find out something.

Today it is believed that the Moon is the product of a collision between a large embryonic planet, Theia, and the Earth, which occurred billions of years ago when our planet was completely molten. Part of the planet that collided with us (and it was the size of ) was absorbed - but its core, along with part of the surface matter of the Earth, was thrown into orbit by inertia, where it remained in the form of the Moon.

This is proven by the deficiency of iron and other metals on the Moon, already mentioned above - by the time Theia tore out a piece of earthly matter, most of the heavy elements of our planet were drawn by gravity inward, to the core. This collision affected the further development of the Earth - it began to rotate faster, and its axis of rotation tilted, which made the change of seasons possible.

Then the Moon developed like an ordinary planet - it formed an iron core, mantle, crust, lithospheric plates and even its own atmosphere. However, the low mass and composition poor in heavy elements led to the fact that the interior of our satellite quickly cooled, and the atmosphere evaporated from the high temperature and lack of a magnetic field. However, some processes inside still occur - due to movements in the lithosphere of the Moon, moonquakes sometimes occur. They represent one of the main dangers for future colonizers of the Moon: their scale reaches 5.5 points on the Richter scale, and they last much longer than those on Earth - there is no ocean capable of absorbing the impulse of the movement of the Earth’s interior.

The main chemical elements on the Moon are silicon, aluminum, calcium and magnesium. The minerals that form these elements are similar to those on Earth and are even found on our planet. However, the main difference between the minerals of the Moon is the absence of exposure to water and oxygen produced by living beings, a high proportion of meteorite impurities and traces of the effects of cosmic radiation. The Earth's ozone layer was formed quite a long time ago, and the atmosphere burns most of the mass of falling meteorites, allowing water and gases to slowly but surely change the appearance of our planet.

Future of the Moon

The Moon is the first cosmic body after Mars that claims priority for human colonization. In a sense, the Moon has already been mastered - the USSR and the USA left state regalia on the satellite, and orbital radio telescopes are hiding behind the far side of the Moon from the Earth, a generator of a lot of interference on the air. However, what does the future hold for our satellite?

The main process, which has already been mentioned more than once in the article, is the moving away of the Moon due to tidal acceleration. It happens quite slowly - the satellite moves away no more than 0.5 centimeters per year. However, something completely different is important here. Moving away from the Earth, the Moon slows down its rotation. Sooner or later, a moment may come when a day on Earth will last as long as a lunar month - 29–30 days.

However, the removal of the Moon will have its limit. After reaching it, the Moon will begin to approach the Earth in turns - and much faster than it was moving away. However, it will not be possible to completely crash into it. 12–20 thousand kilometers from the Earth, its Roche lobe begins - the gravitational limit at which a satellite of a planet can maintain a solid shape. Therefore, the Moon will be torn into millions of small fragments as it approaches. Some of them will fall to Earth, causing a bombardment thousands of times more powerful than nuclear, and the rest will form a ring around the planet like . However, it will not be so bright - the rings of gas giants consist of ice, which is many times brighter than the dark rocks of the Moon - they will not always be visible in the sky. The ring of the Earth will create a problem for astronomers of the future - if, of course, there is anyone left on the planet by that time.

Colonization of the Moon

However, all this will happen in billions of years. Until then, humanity views the Moon as the first potential object for space colonization. However, what exactly is meant by “lunar exploration”? Now we will look at the immediate prospects together.

Many people think of space colonization as similar to New Age colonization of Earth - finding valuable resources, extracting them, and then bringing them back home. However, this does not apply to space - in the next couple of hundred years, delivering a kilogram of gold even from the nearest asteroid will cost more than extracting it from the most complex and dangerous mines. Also, the Moon is unlikely to act as a “dacha sector of the Earth” in the near future - although there are large deposits of valuable resources there, it will be difficult to grow food there.

But our satellite may well become a base for further space exploration in promising directions - for example, Mars. The main problem of astronautics today is restrictions on the weight of spacecraft. To launch, you have to build monstrous structures that require tons of fuel - after all, you need to overcome not only the gravity of the Earth, but also the atmosphere! And if this is an interplanetary ship, then it also needs to be refueled. This seriously constrains designers, forcing them to choose economy over functionality.

The moon is much better suited as a launch pad for spaceships. The lack of an atmosphere and low speed to overcome the Moon's gravity - 2.38 km/s versus 11.2 km/s on Earth - make launches much easier. And the satellite's mineral deposits make it possible to save on the weight of fuel - a stone around the neck of astronautics, which occupies a significant proportion of the mass of any apparatus. If the production of rocket fuel were developed on the Moon, it would be possible to launch large and complex spacecraft assembled from parts delivered from Earth. And assembly on the Moon will be much easier than in low-Earth orbit - and much more reliable.

The technologies existing today make it possible, if not completely, then partially to implement this project. However, any steps in this direction require risk. The investment of huge amounts of money will require research for the necessary minerals, as well as the development, delivery and testing of modules for future lunar bases. And the estimated cost of launching even the initial elements alone can ruin an entire superpower!

Therefore, the colonization of the Moon is not so much the work of scientists and engineers, but of the people of the whole world to achieve such valuable unity. For in the unity of humanity lies the true strength of the Earth.

YoIP Lunar Calendar is pleased to tell you about today's lunar phase.

In total, there are eight periods of the moon’s movement, which it passes through during the period from 29.25 to 29.83 Earth days. The generally accepted duration of a complete change of phases of the moon, the synodic month, is considered to be 29 days, 12 hours and 44 minutes.

The phases change in the following sequence: new moon (the moon is not visible), new moon, first quarter, waxing moon, full moon, waning moon, last quarter and old moon.
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Today the Moon is in phase: “Waxing Moon”

The 4th lunar day ends, the moon is visible at 16%
Moon in the zodiac sign Virgo ♍ and the constellation Virgo ♍

Detailed information about the moon phase today

Household moon phase:
Astronomical moon phase:
Today the moon in the zodiac sign: ♍ Virgo
Today the moon is in the constellation: ♍ Virgo
Today's lunar day: 4
Exact age of the moon: 3 days, 19 hours and 34 minutes
Moon visibility: 16%
Beginning of the current lunar cycle (new moon): August 1, 2019 at 06:12
The next new moon will be: August 30, 2019 at 13:38
Duration of this lunar cycle: 29 days, 7 hours and 25 minutes
The exact time of the full moon of this cycle: August 15, 2019 at 15:31
Exact time of next full moon: September 14, 2019 at 07:35
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Moon phases in August 2019 by day.

The phases of the moon are shown for noon of each day in August (12:00 Moscow time, UTC+3)

Date Moon Phase Day Zodiac
August 1 1 ♌ Leo
August 2 2 ♌ Leo
August 3rd 3 ♍ Virgo
4 August 4 ♍ Virgo
5th of August 5 ♎ Libra
August 6 6 ♎ Libra
August 7 8 ♏ Scorpio
8 August 9 ♏ Scorpio
August 9 10 ♐ Sagittarius
10th of August 11 ♐ Sagittarius
11th August 11 ♑ Capricorn
12th of August 12 ♑ Capricorn
13 August 13 ♑ Capricorn
August 14 14 ♒ Aquarius
August 15 15 ♒ Aquarius
August 16 16 ♓ Pisces
August 17 17 ♓ Pisces
August 18 18 ♓ Pisces
August 19 19 ♈ Aries
August 20 20 ♈ Aries
August 21 21 ♉ Taurus
August 22 21 ♉ Taurus
August 23 22 ♉ Taurus
24 August 23 ♊ Gemini
25-th of August 24 ♊ Gemini
August, 26th 25 ♋ Cancer
August 27 27 ♋ Cancer
August 28 28 ♌ Leo
August 29 29 ♌ Leo
August 30 30 ♍ Virgo
August 31 2 ♍ Virgo

What zodiac sign is the moon in today?

Now the moon is in the sign ♍ Virgo and the constellation ♍ Virgo.

Moon in zodiac sign or constellation?

Expression "Moon in the zodiac sign", for example, in the sign "Pisces", implies its astrological position within the boundaries of the zodiac sign. The zodiac sign is one twelfth of the ecliptic, which is 30°. Belongs to the tropical zodiac.

Expression "Moon in the constellation", for example, in the constellation "Aquarius", implies its astronomical position within the boundaries of the constellation. The boundaries of the constellations have different shapes, and the moon is there for different times. Constellations belong to the astronomical zodiac.

This difference arose due to the precession of the earth's axis and the associated shift of the vernal equinox point back by about one sign over 2000 years. Therefore, you can often hear the following clarification: “The Moon is in the sign of Pisces and the constellation Aquarius.” In addition, in the astronomical interpretation, the thirteenth constellation “Ophiuchus” is added to the twelve constellations consonant with the signs of the zodiac. You can read more about the dates of intersection of astronomical and astrological signs of the zodiac on the page.

What phase is the moon in today?

The moon is currently in the waxing first quarter phase.

What are the phases of the moon?

There are everyday and astronomical phases of the moon. Their names are the same, and the only difference is the duration of the new moon and full moon phases. In everyday life, they each last 2-3 Earth days, until the moon is practically invisible (new moon) or visible almost as a full disk (full moon). But in an astronomical sense, the duration of these phases is less than a second.

The reason for this is that the moon moves around the earth at a speed of about 1023 m/sec, and the full moon and new moon are the moments when the earth, moon and sun line up on the same plane, perpendicular to the direction of the earth's movement around the sun. These moments are very fleeting and if you try to calculate their duration with the accuracy of the coincidence of the positions of the moon, earth and sun to at least one meter, then the duration will be less than 1/1023 of a second.

In our calendar, the duration of the astronomical phases is calculated with an accuracy of one diameter of the moon (about 3476 km), which gives approximately 56.5 minutes.

The duration of the household phases is calculated based on the visibility of the moon's disk being less than 3.12% for the new moon and more than 96.88% for the full moon.

Is the moon waxing or waning now?

How do you know if the moon is waxing or waning today?

You can understand what kind of moon is in the sky now using the mnemonic rule for the northern hemisphere: if the moon looks like the letter “ WITH", that is WITH waning or waning moon. If, by adding a vertical stick to the month, the moon becomes like the letter “ R", then she R fading.

For the southern hemisphere the opposite is true. There they see the moon upside down, so they use musical terms to remember C rescendo (or sign "<„) для растущей луны и D iminuendo (“>” sign) for decreasing.

Near the equator, the moon lies on its side, so both of these options will not be applicable. Instead, they are guided by the time when the “boat” of the moon is visible. If in the evening and in the west, then this is the growing moon following the sun, and if in the morning and in the east, then this is the aging moon. The lunar arch at the equator cannot be seen with the ordinary eye, because... it will always fall during the daytime and the bright light of the sun will make it difficult to see it.

What lunar day is it today?

Now the 4th lunar day is coming to an end. 19 hours and 34 minutes have passed since the beginning.

Lunar days and lunar days. What is the difference?

Lunar day- this is the period of time that passes from the moment of the new moon until the moon re-crosses the line of the meridian over which the moon was at the moment of the new moon. The first lunar day begins its countdown at the moment when the center of the moon crosses the line connecting the earth and the sun (the moment of the new moon). The second and subsequent days begin when the center of the moon crosses the meridian above which the moment of the new moon occurred in this lunar cycle.

The average length of a lunar day is about 24 Earth hours, 50 minutes and 28 seconds. This happens because the earth and the moon rotate in the same direction and while the earth makes a full revolution, the moon manages to run away from it a little forward and the earth has to turn a little more so that the moon is exactly above the meridian that it was one lunar day ago .

Lunar days are counted from sunrise to sunset of the moon at each specific point on the globe. At the same time, the beginning of the first lunar day occurs like the beginning of the first lunar day at the time of the new moon, and the second and subsequent lunar days are counted from moonrise. The duration of lunar days and their number are different at each point on the globe. The usual number of lunar days is from 29 to 30 per lunar cycle. However, in some places where the moon may not rise or set for several Earth days, the number of lunar days may be much less. This affects the territories beyond the northern and southern polar circles. There you can go for half a year without seeing either the sun or the moon.

Latitude: 55.75, Longitude: 37.62 Time zone: Europe/Moscow (UTC+03:00) Moon phase calculation for 08/1/2019 (12:00) To calculate the phase of the moon for your city, register or log in.

Moon phase today, August 4, 2019

On the date 04.08.2019 V 13:03 The moon is in phase "Waxing Crescent". This 4 lunar day in the lunar calendar. Moon in zodiac sign Virgo ♍. Illumination percentage Moon makes up 15%. Sunrise Moon at 08:52, and sunset at 22:18.

Chronology of lunar days

  • 3rd lunar day from 07:22 08/03/2019 to 08:52 08/04/2019
  • 4th lunar day from 08:52 08/04/2019 until the next day

Moon influence August 4, 2019

Moon in the zodiac sign Virgo (+)

Moon in a sign Virgo. The time is favorable for any painstaking work that requires a thoughtful and serious approach. Absolutely all areas of financial activity, if taken seriously, will bring corresponding material rewards like never before.

Any banking and real estate transactions are successful. Trade, purchasing and intermediary activities are going well. Studying, advanced training and any self-improvement are also fruitfully promoted.

4th lunar day (±)

August 4, 2019 at 1:03 pm - 4 lunar day. Due to increased diplomacy, the day is good for active contacts and trade operations. When making decisions, you should refrain from superficial judgments, as the tendency to take unreasonable risks increases.

Waxing Moon (+)

The moon is in phase Waxing Crescent. The first lunar phase begins from the new moon until the beginning of the first quarter of the moon (the beginning of the second phase). During this period, the Moon is at the beginning of its growth. The first phase is characterized by an increase in energy to complete planned tasks.

During this period, it is recommended to make plans and start new projects, weigh and outline plans for the development of new ideas, carefully analyze problems and issues, both of the future period and those that remained unrealized from the previous lunar month.

At the physiological level, during the first lunar phase the body accumulates strength. Energy is still quite low in all areas of life, be it well-being, personal life or business.

As in work, in the personal sphere there comes a stage of rethinking current relationships and, quite possibly, taking them to the highest level. New connections and acquaintances quickly arise. Together with the growth of the Moon during this period, vital energy also increases.

Day of week influence (±)

Day of the week - Sunday, this day walks under the Sun, because it is permeated with its cheerful, invigorating energy and imparts good power to people.

Since ancient times, Sunday has been reserved for rest, for work not of the body, but of the spirit. And people communicate with each other with pleasure, meet to spend time in conversations, games, and pleasures. This is a day of Sunday festivities, going to visit at the call of the soul, which straightens up after a week of fatigue and work, washed by friendly participation and unity. Sunday is for light work, not hard work.

How the Moon is changing (growing) now

 The moon waxes starting from the New Moon on August 1st.
August 7th at 20:31 The moon is in the First Quarter phase. This is the middle of the moon's current waxing period. At this time, exactly half of the lunar disk will be illuminated.
On August 15th at 15:29 the Full Moon will occur and the Moon will begin to wane.

Spells for money, loans and deposits on the Moon

To make decisions on financial matters, it is very important to know what the moon is now.
If the Moon is growing, then today is a very attractive time for conspiracies to attract money and wealth. The waxing Moon favors obtaining credits and loans. Exclusively during lunar growth, one should make investments and financial investments, open bank deposits and enter into serious transactions aimed at making a profit.
If the Moon is waning now, then this is not the best time for money conspiracies. In financial matters, the waning Moon is the time to give money: to repay debts and repay loans, as well as spend money on large purchases.

What kind of moon is that?

 What is the Moon now you need to know to rationally plan your affairs.
If the Moon grows, then human activity increases under the influence of the Moon. The waxing Moon favors new and responsible undertakings. During the lunar growth, preference should be given to solving the highest priority tasks in terms of complexity and importance.
If the Moon is waning today, then the influence of the Moon reduces a person’s energy. The waning of the Moon is the time to complete the work started.