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 ♐ 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 13 November 2012 at 22:08.
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 ∠16° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1940".
Beaver Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2012 after 13 days on 28 November 2012 at 14:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 November 2012 at 14:31
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 28 November 2012 at 14:46
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 6 December 2012 at 15:32
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 13 December 2012 at 08:42
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 159 / 1112
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 159 of Meeus index or 1112 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 34 minutes. It is 28 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 10 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 59 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠351.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠351.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠6.8°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 14 November 2012 at 10:21 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 28 November 2012 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 363 506 km
The Moon is 363 506 km (225 872 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 366 km (252 504 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 14 November 2012 at 04:37 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 27 November 2012 at 17:05 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 16:10 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-20.914°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2012. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠20.924° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 29 November 2012 at 14:33.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 28 November 2012 at 14:46 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.
