Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 19 November 2044 at 14:58.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1780"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1780" and ∠1943".
Cold Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2044 after 13 days on 4 December 2044 at 23:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 27 November 2044 at 19:36
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 4 December 2044 at 23:34
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 11 December 2044 at 14:52
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 19 December 2044 at 08:53
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 555 / 1508
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 555 of Meeus index or 1508 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
Length of current 555 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 55 minutes. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes shorter than next lunation 556 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 11 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 52 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠126.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠126.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠156.9°. 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
13 days after point of perigee on 8 November 2044 at 06:14 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 24 November 2044 at 06:42 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 402 595 km
Moon is 402 595 km (250 161 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 513 km (251 974 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 13 November 2044 at 12:05 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 27 November 2044 at 20:02 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 22:50 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-28.089°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠28.056° in its northern standstill point on 5 December 2044 at 19:56 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 4 December 2044 at 23:34 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.