Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 32% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 32% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 28 January 2036 at 10:17.
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 ∠22° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1871"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1871" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2036 after 8 days on 11 February 2036 at 22:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 5 February 2036 at 07:01
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 11 February 2036 at 22:09
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 18 February 2036 at 23:47
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 27 February 2036 at 04:59
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 446 / 1399
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 446 of Meeus index or 1399 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
Length of current 446 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 42 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2036. It is 2 hours and 45 minutes longer than next lunation 447 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 58 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 5 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠195.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠195.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠223.9°. 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 before perigee
7 days after point of apogee on 26 January 2036 at 16:05 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 February 2036 at 20:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 383 190 km
Moon is 383 190 km (238 103 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 7 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 657 km (222 859 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 29 January 2036 at 22:45 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 12 February 2036 at 03:38 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 25 January 2036 at 21:59 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.277°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.249° in the next northern standstill on 8 February 2036 at 23:26 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 11 February 2036 at 22:09 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.