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 ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 13 November 2023 at 09:27.
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 ∠0° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1955"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1955" and ∠1941".
Beaver Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2023 after 8 days on 27 November 2023 at 09:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 November 2023 at 10:50
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 27 November 2023 at 09:16
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 5 December 2023 at 05:49
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 December 2023 at 23:32
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 295 / 1248
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 295 of Meeus index or 1248 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 5 minutes. It is 1 hour and 40 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 1 hour and 21 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 42 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠269.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠269.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠303.6°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 6 November 2023 at 21:49 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 21 November 2023 at 21:03 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 366 702 km
The Moon is 366 702 km (227 858 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 824 km (229 798 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 11 November 2023 at 08:49 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 24 November 2023 at 11:02 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 16 November 2023 at 14:45 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.238°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.191° at the point of next northern standstill on 29 November 2023 at 14:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 27 November 2023 at 09:16 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.
