Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% 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 23 November 2022 at 22:57.
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 ∠24° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1959"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1959" and ∠1944".
Cold Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2022 after 12 days on 8 December 2022 at 04:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 30 November 2022 at 14:36
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 8 December 2022 at 04:08
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 16 December 2022 at 08:56
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 23 December 2022 at 10:17
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 283 / 1236
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 283 of Meeus index or 1236 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
Length of current 283 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 20 minutes. It is 44 minutes longer than next lunation 284 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 24 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 45 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠325.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠325.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠344.3°. 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 14 November 2022 at 06:41 in ♋ Cancer. 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 26 November 2022 at 01:30 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 365 986 km
Moon is 365 986 km (227 413 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 826 km (225 450 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 22 November 2022 at 16:23 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 5 December 2022 at 12:39 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
17 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days after previous North standstill on 12 November 2022 at 14:17 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.497°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.471° in the next southern standstill on 26 November 2022 at 08:28 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 8 December 2022 at 04:08 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.