Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 4% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% 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 5 December 2010 at 17:36.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1837"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1837" and ∠1948".
Cold Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2010 after 13 days on 21 December 2010 at 08:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 13 December 2010 at 13:59
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 21 December 2010 at 08:13
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 December 2010 at 04:18
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 4 January 2011 at 09:03
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 135 / 1088
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 135 of Meeus index or 1088 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 135 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 27 minutes. It is 2 hours and 1 minute shorter than next lunation 136 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 43 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 20 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠67°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠67°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠103.5°. 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 apogee
6 days after point of perigee on 30 November 2010 at 19:09 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 13 December 2010 at 08:34 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 390 094 km
Moon is 390 094 km (242 393 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 5 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 408 km (251 287 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♑ Capricorn at 04:15 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 21 December 2010 at 14:08 in ♊ Gemini.
New draconic month
At 04:15 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 6 December 2010 at 02:10 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.233°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.238° in the next northern standstill on 20 December 2010 at 12:37 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 21 December 2010 at 08:13 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.