Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 32% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 32% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 18 December 2074 at 07:20.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1876"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1876" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2075 after 9 days on 2 January 2075 at 09:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 25 December 2074 at 05:07
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 2 January 2075 at 09:39
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 10 January 2075 at 03:14
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 16 January 2075 at 18:37
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 927 / 1880
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 927 of Meeus index or 1880 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
Length of current 927 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 17 minutes. It is 47 minutes shorter than next lunation 928 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 27 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 42 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠7.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠7.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠24.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 17 December 2074 at 20:35 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 30 December 2074 at 16:12 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 382 133 km
Moon is 382 133 km (237 446 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 129 km (252 357 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after its descending node on 20 December 2074 at 02:32 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 3 January 2075 at 08:42 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 19 December 2074 at 07:43 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-21.818°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠21.829° in the next northern standstill on 2 January 2075 at 09:48 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 2 January 2075 at 09:39 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.