Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 6% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 11 January 2024 at 11:57.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1966"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2024 after 12 days on 25 January 2024 at 17:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 18 January 2024 at 03:53
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 25 January 2024 at 17:54
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 2 February 2024 at 23:18
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 9 February 2024 at 22:59
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 297 / 1250
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 297 of Meeus index or 1250 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 2 minutes. It is 1 hour and 1 minute 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 42 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 27 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠328°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠328°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠345.9°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 10:35. It is 11 days after previous apogee on 1 January 2024 at 15:28 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next apogee on 29 January 2024 at 08:14 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 362 264 km
This perigee Moon is 362 264 km (225 100 mi) away from Earth. It is 244 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 8 092 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 4 January 2024 at 18:52 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 17 January 2024 at 14:05 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
22 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
3 days since the previous standstill on 10 January 2024 at 07:04 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.164°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.203° at the point of next northern standstill on 23 January 2024 at 03:44 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 25 January 2024 at 17:54 in ♋ Cancer 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.
