Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 23% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 23% and growing larger. The 5 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 31 December 2043 at 09:48.
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 ∠12° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1866"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1866" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2044 after 9 days on 14 January 2044 at 18:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 8 January 2044 at 04:02
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 January 2044 at 18:51
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 21 January 2044 at 23:47
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 30 January 2044 at 04:04
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 544 / 1497
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 544 of Meeus index or 1497 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 8 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 32 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 31 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠204.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠204.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠235.6°.
Moon after apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 28 December 2043 at 19:33 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 13 January 2044 at 09:08 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 384 082 km
The Moon is 384 082 km (238 657 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 906 km (223 635 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after descending node on 22 December 2043 at 16:01 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 January 2044 at 06:50 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 30 December 2043 at 12:51 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.400°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.453° at the point of next northern standstill on 13 January 2044 at 02:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 14 January 2044 at 18:51 in ♋ Cancer 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.
