Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 5% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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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 8 February 2016 at 14:39.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1957"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1957" and ∠1944".
Snow Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2016 after 12 days on 22 February 2016 at 18:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 15 February 2016 at 07:46
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 22 February 2016 at 18:20
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 1 March 2016 at 23:11
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 9 March 2016 at 01:54
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 199 / 1152
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 199 of Meeus index or 1152 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
Length of current 199 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 16 minutes. It is 1 hour and 47 minutes longer than next lunation 200 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 28 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 41 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠319.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠319.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠339.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of apogee on 30 January 2016 at 09:10 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 11 February 2016 at 02:42 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 366 339 km
Moon is 366 339 km (227 633 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 358 km (226 402 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♓ Pisces at 20:46 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 24 February 2016 at 06:10 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 5 February 2016 at 04:34 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.303°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.254° in the next northern standstill on 17 February 2016 at 23:18 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 22 February 2016 at 18:20 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.