Waxing
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 28% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 28% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1934"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1934" and ∠1942".
Beaver Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2012 after 10 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
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 159 / 1112
The Moon is 5 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
Length of current 159 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 34 minutes. It is 28 minutes shorter than next lunation 160 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 10 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 59 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠351.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠351.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠6.8°. 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 after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 14 November 2012 at 10:21 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 28 November 2012 at 19:35 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 370 697 km
Moon is 370 697 km (230 340 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 366 km (252 504 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 14 November 2012 at 04:37 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 27 November 2012 at 17:05 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 15 November 2012 at 16:10 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.914°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.924° in the next northern standstill on 29 November 2012 at 14:33 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 28 November 2012 at 14:46 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.