Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 6% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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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 5 February 2046 at 23:10.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1945".
Snow Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2046 after 12 days on 20 February 2046 at 23:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 14 February 2046 at 03:20
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 20 February 2046 at 23:44
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 27 February 2046 at 16:23
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 7 March 2046 at 18:15
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 570 / 1523
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 570 of Meeus index or 1523 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.8 days
Length of current 570 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 6 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2046. It is 1 hour and 30 minutes longer than next lunation 571 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 22 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 41 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠159.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠159.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠184.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 05:11, this is 15 days after last perigee on 23 January 2046 at 19:02 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 21 February 2046 at 06:43 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 406 331 km
This apogee Moon is 406 331 km (252 482 mi) away from Earth. It is 923 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 378 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 5 February 2046 at 15:45 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 19 February 2046 at 17:48 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
2 days 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
7 days after previous South standstill on 1 February 2046 at 11:30 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.313°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.295° in the next northern standstill on 16 February 2046 at 04:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 20 February 2046 at 23:44 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.