Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 5% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
11762 days after
Previous main lunar phase is the before 11762 days on at :.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1780"
Lunar disc appears visually 8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1780" and ∠1929".
Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Moon of after 1 day on at :.
Upcoming main Moon phases
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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 -953 /
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation -953 of Meeus index or from Brown series.
Synodic month length 0 days
Length of current -953 lunation is days, 1 hour and 1 minute. It is longer than next lunation -953 length.
Lunation length same as the mean
Length of current synodic month is equal to the mean length of synodic month. It is 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the 21st century shortest and 7 hours and 3 minutes shorter than the 21st century longest synodic month.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠0°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠0°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠0°. 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 before perigee
11762 days after point of apogee on at : in &#; . The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on at : in &#; .
Distance to Moon 402 781 km
Moon is 402 781 km (250 277 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 0 km (0 mi).
Moon before descending node
11762 days after its descending node on at : in &#; , the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on at : in &#; .
Draconic month
11762 days after beginning of current draconic month in &#; , the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11762 days after previous South standstill on at : in &#; , when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠° in the next northern standstill on at : in &#; .
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on at : in &#; , the Moon will be in geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.