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

Waxing Crescent in Aquarius

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 ♒ Aquarius

Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.

1 day after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 28 December 2092 at 16:10.

Wolf Moon after 13 days

Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2093 after 13 days on 12 January 2093 at 17:43.

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 ∠1952"

Lunar disc appears visually 0% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1952" and ∠1951".

Lunation 1150 / 2103

The Moon is 2 days young and navigating from the beginning to the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 1150 of Meeus index or 2103 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.47 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 12 minutes and it is 31 minutes shorter than the upcoming lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit 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 1 hour and 32 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 37 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠6.2°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠6.2° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠22.9°.

Moon after perigee

2 days since point of perigee on 28 December 2092 at 07:30 in ♑ Capricorn the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 10 January 2093 at 05:43 in ♊ Gemini.

Distance to Moon 367 201 km

The Moon is 367 201 km (228 168 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 189 km (252 394 mi).

Moon in descending node

Moon is in descending node in ♒ Aquarius at 11:22 crossing the ecliptic from North to South. Lunar position remains south of if for the upcoming 14 days until Moon's next ascending node later on 13 January 2093 at 16:59 in ♋ Cancer.

Moon after southern standstill

1 day since the last southern standstill on 28 December 2092 at 21:41 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.841° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.841° at the point of next northern standstill on 11 January 2093 at 17:53 in ♋ Cancer.

Draconic month

13 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♌ Leo the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 13 days

In 13 days on 12 January 2093 at 17:43 in ♋ Cancer 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