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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 41% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 41% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 7 days on 9 November 2026 at 07:02.
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 ∠13° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1787"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1787" and ∠1941".
Beaver Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2026 after 8 days on 24 November 2026 at 14:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 17 November 2026 at 11:48
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 24 November 2026 at 14:53
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 1 December 2026 at 06:09
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 9 December 2026 at 00:52
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 332 / 1285
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 332 of Meeus index or 1285 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
Length of current 332 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 50 minutes. It is 1 hour and 43 minutes shorter than next lunation 333 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 6 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 57 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠129.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠129.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠159.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 13 November 2026 at 17:50 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 25 November 2026 at 20:58 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 400 998 km
Moon is 400 998 km (249 169 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 348 km (223 288 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after its descending node on 3 November 2026 at 03:02 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 17 November 2026 at 11:49 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 12 November 2026 at 09:40 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.697°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.645° in the next northern standstill on 26 November 2026 at 02:01 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 24 November 2026 at 14:53 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.