Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 20% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 20% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 14 December 2001 at 20:48.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1775"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1775" and ∠1950".
Cold Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2001 after 10 days on 30 December 2001 at 10:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 22 December 2001 at 20:56
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 30 December 2001 at 10:41
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 6 January 2002 at 03:55
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 13 January 2002 at 13:29
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 24 / 977
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 24 of Meeus index or 977 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 31 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 3 hours and 57 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 6 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠86.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠86.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠123.9°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 6 December 2001 at 22:48 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 December 2001 at 13:02 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 403 708 km
The Moon is 403 708 km (250 853 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 634 km (251 428 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 15 December 2001 at 04:32 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 29 December 2001 at 14:51 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 16 December 2001 at 07:51 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.250°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠24.244° at the point of next northern standstill on 30 December 2001 at 15:40 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 30 December 2001 at 10:41 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.
