Waxing
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
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 8 November 2045 at 21:49.
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 ∠9° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1854"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1854" and ∠1938".
Beaver Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2045 after 13 days on 24 November 2045 at 11:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 16 November 2045 at 15:26
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 24 November 2045 at 11:43
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 1 December 2045 at 09:46
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 8 December 2045 at 11:41
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 567 / 1520
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 567 of Meeus index or 1520 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
Length of current 567 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 52 minutes. It is 2 hours and 51 minutes shorter than next lunation 568 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 8 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 55 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠58.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠58.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠92.2°. 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 after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 4 November 2045 at 21:44 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 16 November 2045 at 23:59 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 386 619 km
Moon is 386 619 km (240 234 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 209 km (251 164 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 2 November 2045 at 17:28 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 16 November 2045 at 00:56 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
21 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 29 October 2045 at 17:40 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.401°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.320° in the next southern standstill on 11 November 2045 at 15:22 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 24 November 2045 at 11:43 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.