Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 11% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 11% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 30 January 2044 at 04:04.
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 ∠22° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1878"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1878" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2044 after 10 days on 13 February 2044 at 06:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 6 February 2044 at 13:46
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 13 February 2044 at 06:42
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 February 2044 at 20:20
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 February 2044 at 20:12
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 545 / 1498
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 545 of Meeus index or 1498 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 545 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 8 minutes. It is 2 hours and 54 minutes longer than next lunation 546 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 24 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 39 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠235.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠235.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠272.5°. 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
8 days after point of apogee on 25 January 2044 at 09:32 in ♐ Sagittarius. 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 2044 at 10:42 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 381 661 km
Moon is 381 661 km (237 153 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 7 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 312 km (226 994 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♓ Pisces at 08:49 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 15 February 2044 at 03:48 in ♍ Virgo.
New draconic month
At 08:49 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
6 days after previous South standstill on 26 January 2044 at 18:54 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.503°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.576° in the next northern standstill on 9 February 2044 at 10:49 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 13 February 2044 at 06:42 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.