Waxing
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 31 December 2005 at 03:12.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1961"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1961" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2006 after 12 days on 14 January 2006 at 09:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 6 January 2006 at 18:57
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 January 2006 at 09:48
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 22 January 2006 at 15:14
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 29 January 2006 at 14:15
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 74 / 1027
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 74 of Meeus index or 1027 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 3 minutes. It is 47 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 41 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 28 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠329.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠329.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠347.5°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 22:50. It is 11 days after previous apogee on 21 December 2005 at 02:49 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 16 days, until point of next apogee on 17 January 2006 at 19:07 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 361 750 km
This perigee Moon is 361 750 km (224 781 mi) away from Earth. It is 758 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 8 606 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 24 December 2005 at 10:43 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 January 2006 at 05:01 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 30 December 2005 at 13:57 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.387°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.410° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 January 2006 at 13:12 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 14 January 2006 at 09:48 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.
