Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 2% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 15 November 2001 at 06:40.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1870"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1870" and ∠1941".
Beaver Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2001 after 14 days on 30 November 2001 at 20:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 22 November 2001 at 23:21
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 30 November 2001 at 20:49
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 7 December 2001 at 19:52
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 14 December 2001 at 20:48
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 23 / 976
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 23 of Meeus index or 976 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 7 minutes. It is 2 hours and 34 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 1 hour and 23 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 40 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠53.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠53.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠86.2°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 11 November 2001 at 17:37 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 23 November 2001 at 15:46 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 383 237 km
The Moon is 383 237 km (238 132 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 396 km (251 280 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 4 November 2001 at 23:58 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 17 November 2001 at 19:51 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 6 November 2001 at 00:19 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.154°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-24.211° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 November 2001 at 22:30 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 14 days
In 14 days on 30 November 2001 at 20:49 in ♊ Gemini 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.
