Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 29% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 29% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 14 January 2029 at 17:24.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠6° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1950".
Wolf Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2029 after 9 days on 30 January 2029 at 06:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 22 January 2029 at 19:23
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 30 January 2029 at 06:03
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 5 February 2029 at 21:52
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 13 February 2029 at 10:31
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 359 / 1312
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 359 of Meeus index or 1312 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 7 minutes. It is 41 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 23 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 40 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠99.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠99.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠136.2°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 18:08. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 5 January 2029 at 04:16 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 1 February 2029 at 12:21 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 404 884 km
This apogee Moon is 404 884 km (251 583 mi) away from Earth. It is 524 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 825 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 13 January 2029 at 21:21 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 January 2029 at 08:40 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 12 January 2029 at 00:15 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-25.199°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠25.172° at the point of next northern standstill on 26 January 2029 at 12:31 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 30 January 2029 at 06:03 in ♌ Leo 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.
