Waxing
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 17% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 3 December 2013 at 00:22.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1948".
Cold Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2013 after 10 days on 17 December 2013 at 09:28.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 9 December 2013 at 15:12
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 17 December 2013 at 09:28
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 25 December 2013 at 13:48
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 1 January 2014 at 11:14
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 172 / 1125
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 172 of Meeus index or 1125 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 52 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2013. It is 28 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 52 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 17 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠336.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠336.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠353°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 4 December 2013 at 10:15 in ♑ Capricorn. 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 19 December 2013 at 23:49 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 363 737 km
The Moon is 363 737 km (226 016 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 269 km (252 444 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 30 November 2013 at 16:59 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 13 December 2013 at 10:10 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
5 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 3 December 2013 at 16:38 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.552°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.570° at the point of next northern standstill on 17 December 2013 at 01:00 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 17 December 2013 at 09:28 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.
