Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 25% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 25% 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 9 December 2026 at 00:52.
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 ∠22° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1793"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1793" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2026 after 9 days on 24 December 2026 at 01:28.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 17 December 2026 at 05:43
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 24 December 2026 at 01:28
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 30 December 2026 at 18:59
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 7 January 2027 at 20:24
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 333 / 1286
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 333 of Meeus index or 1286 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
Length of current 333 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 33 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2026. It is 1 minute longer than next lunation 334 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 48 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 14 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠159.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠159.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠184.3°. 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
3 days after point of apogee on 11 December 2026 at 06:46 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 24 December 2026 at 08:30 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 399 763 km
Moon is 399 763 km (248 401 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 650 km (221 612 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♒ Aquarius at 13:04 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 27 December 2026 at 07:55 in ♌ Leo.
New draconic month
At 13:04 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 9 December 2026 at 15:27 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.602°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.620° in the next northern standstill on 23 December 2026 at 12:33 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 24 December 2026 at 01:28 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.