Waxing
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 12 January 2032 at 20:07.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2032 after 14 days on 27 January 2032 at 12:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 19 January 2032 at 12:14
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 27 January 2032 at 12:52
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 4 February 2032 at 13:49
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 11 February 2032 at 06:24
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 396 / 1349
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 396 of Meeus index or 1349 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 18 minutes. It is 18 minutes longer 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 27 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 43 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠351.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠351.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠6.9°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 07:55. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 31 December 2031 at 13:16 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next apogee on 27 January 2032 at 16:13 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 357 088 km
This perigee Moon is 357 088 km (221 884 mi) away from Earth. It is 5 420 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 13 268 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 8 January 2032 at 08:58 in ♏ Scorpio. 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 20 January 2032 at 20:00 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
5 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 10 January 2032 at 16:49 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.298°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.240° at the point of next northern standstill on 23 January 2032 at 14:33 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 14 days
In 14 days on 27 January 2032 at 12:52 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.
