Waxing
Crescent* ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 33% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 33% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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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 30 December 2024 at 22:27.
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 leaving the last ∠4° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♈ Aries later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1963"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1963" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2025 after 8 days on 13 January 2025 at 22:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 6 January 2025 at 23:56
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 13 January 2025 at 22:27
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 21 January 2025 at 20:31
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 29 January 2025 at 12:36
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 309 / 1262
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 309 of Meeus index or 1262 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
Length of current 309 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours longer than next lunation 310 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 25 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 38 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠272.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠272.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠305.9°. 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 before perigee
12 days after point of apogee on 24 December 2024 at 07:25 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 7 January 2025 at 23:34 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 365 148 km
Moon is 365 148 km (226 892 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 370 173 km (230 015 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♓ Pisces at 19:46 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 19 January 2025 at 01:48 in ♍ Virgo.
New draconic month
At 19:46 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 30 December 2024 at 05:06 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.428°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.464° in the next northern standstill on 12 January 2025 at 04:30 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 13 January 2025 at 22:27 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.