Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 13% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 13% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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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 28 January 2017 at 00:07.
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 ∠24° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1914"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1914" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2017 after 10 days on 11 February 2017 at 00:33.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 4 February 2017 at 04:19
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 11 February 2017 at 00:33
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 18 February 2017 at 19:33
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 February 2017 at 14:58
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 211 / 1164
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 211 of Meeus index or 1164 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 51 minutes. It is 2 hours and 52 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 7 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 56 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠259.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠259.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠295°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 22 January 2017 at 00:14 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 6 February 2017 at 13:59 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 374 422 km
The Moon is 374 422 km (232 655 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 817 km (229 172 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 29 January 2017 at 22:21 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 11 February 2017 at 19:49 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 25 January 2017 at 11:59 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.900°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.865° at the point of next northern standstill on 7 February 2017 at 18:34 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 11 February 2017 at 00:33 in ♌ Leo 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.
