Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 5% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 18 January 2045 at 04:25.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♒ Aquarius
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♓ Pisces later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1780"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1780" and ∠1950".
Snow Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2045 after 12 days on 1 February 2045 at 21:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 26 January 2045 at 05:09
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 1 February 2045 at 21:05
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 8 February 2045 at 19:03
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 16 February 2045 at 23:51
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 557 / 1510
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 557 of Meeus index or 1510 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 26 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2045. It is 2 hours and 2 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 6 hours and 42 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 21 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠182.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠182.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠207.6°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 17 January 2045 at 22:35 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 February 2045 at 08:43 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 402 674 km
The Moon is 402 674 km (250 210 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 106 km (221 895 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after descending node on 6 January 2045 at 16:49 in ♌ Leo. 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 21 January 2045 at 00:16 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, 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 15 January 2045 at 09:52 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.098°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.156° at the point of next northern standstill on 29 January 2045 at 16:53 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 1 February 2045 at 21:05 in ♌ Leo 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.
