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 25 November 2030 at 06:46.
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 ∠21° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1944".
Cold Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2030 after 13 days on 9 December 2030 at 22:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 1 December 2030 at 22:57
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 9 December 2030 at 22:40
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 18 December 2030 at 00:01
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 24 December 2030 at 17:32
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 382 / 1335
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 382 of Meeus index or 1335 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 382 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 46 minutes. It is 13 minutes shorter than next lunation 383 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 58 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 11 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠349.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠349.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠5.3°. 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 perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 25 November 2030 at 21:07 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 10 December 2030 at 10:03 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 363 298 km
Moon is 363 298 km (225 743 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 371 km (252 507 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 25 November 2030 at 13:32 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 9 December 2030 at 01:17 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 06:20 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-21.903°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2030. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠21.909° in its northern standstill point on 9 December 2030 at 22:37 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 9 December 2030 at 22:40 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.