Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 2% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and growing larger. The 1 day 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 1 December 2024 at 06:21.
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 ∠25° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1831"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1831" and ∠1947".
Cold Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2024 after 12 days on 15 December 2024 at 09:02.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 8 December 2024 at 15:27
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 15 December 2024 at 09:02
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 22 December 2024 at 22:18
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 30 December 2024 at 22:27
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 308 / 1261
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 308 of Meeus index or 1261 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 308 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 5 minutes. It is 1 hour and 56 minutes longer than next lunation 309 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 21 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 42 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠235.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠235.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠272.9°. 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 after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 26 November 2024 at 11:56 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 12 December 2024 at 13:18 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 391 468 km
Moon is 391 468 km (243 247 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 360 km (227 024 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after its descending node on 25 November 2024 at 21:31 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 9 December 2024 at 19:36 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
19 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 22:31 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-28.452°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠28.428° in its northern standstill point on 15 December 2024 at 20:12 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 15 December 2024 at 09:02 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.