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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 43 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 59 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 4 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠92.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠92.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠129.2°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 21:16. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 29 November 2045 at 18:10 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until 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 further 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 ascending node on 13 December 2045 at 03:42 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 26 December 2045 at 21:24 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 8 December 2045 at 23:23 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.229°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.241° at the point of next northern standstill on 23 December 2045 at 08:37 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 24 December 2045 at 00:49 in ♋ Cancer 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.
