Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
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 ♓ Pisces.
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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 26 December 2038 at 01:02.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1821"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1821" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2039 after 9 days on 10 January 2039 at 11:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 2 January 2039 at 07:37
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 10 January 2039 at 11:45
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 17 January 2039 at 18:42
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 24 January 2039 at 13:36
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 482 / 1435
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 482 of Meeus index or 1435 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
Length of current 482 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 34 minutes. It is 1 hour and 7 minutes shorter than next lunation 483 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 10 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 59 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠28.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠28.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠51.2°. 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 before apogee
7 days after point of perigee on 24 December 2038 at 08:23 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 5 January 2039 at 05:10 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 393 660 km
Moon is 393 660 km (244 609 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 107 km (251 722 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 25 December 2038 at 19:56 in ♐ Sagittarius, 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 8 January 2039 at 23:18 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 26 December 2038 at 13:42 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.882°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.878° in the next northern standstill on 9 January 2039 at 20:11 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 10 January 2039 at 11:45 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.