Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 31% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 31% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 8 December 2045 at 11:41.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1950".
Cold Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2045 after 9 days on 24 December 2045 at 00:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 16 December 2045 at 13:08
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 24 December 2045 at 00:49
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 30 December 2045 at 18:11
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 7 January 2046 at 04:24
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 568 / 1521
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 568 of Meeus index or 1521 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
Length of current 568 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 43 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes shorter than next lunation 569 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 59 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 4 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠92.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠92.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠129.2°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 21:16, this is 15 days after last perigee on 29 November 2045 at 18:10 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 26 December 2045 at 14:47 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 404 595 km
This apogee Moon is 404 595 km (251 404 mi) away from Earth. It is 813 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 114 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 13 December 2045 at 03:42 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 26 December 2045 at 21:24 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 8 December 2045 at 23:23 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.229°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.241° in the next northern standstill on 23 December 2045 at 08:37 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 24 December 2045 at 00:49 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.