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 ♑ Capricorn.
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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 14 December 2031 at 09:06.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1964"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1964" and ∠1950".
Cold Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2031 after 13 days on 28 December 2031 at 17:33.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 21 December 2031 at 00:00
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 28 December 2031 at 17:33
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 5 January 2032 at 22:04
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 12 January 2032 at 20:07
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 395 / 1348
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 395 of Meeus index or 1348 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 395 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 1 minute. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2031. It is 43 minutes longer than next lunation 396 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 43 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 26 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠334.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠334.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠351.6°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 21:31, this is 11 days after last apogee on 3 December 2031 at 22:35 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 16 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 31 December 2031 at 13:16 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 360 489 km
This perigee Moon is 360 489 km (223 997 mi) away from Earth. It is 2 019 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 9 867 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 12 December 2031 at 01:37 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 24 December 2031 at 18:44 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 14 December 2031 at 04:45 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.356°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.355° in the next northern standstill on 27 December 2031 at 07:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 28 December 2031 at 17:33 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.