Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 35% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 35% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 26 January 2047 at 01:44.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2047 after 9 days on 10 February 2047 at 14:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 3 February 2047 at 03:09
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 10 February 2047 at 14:40
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 17 February 2047 at 06:42
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 24 February 2047 at 18:26
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 582 / 1535
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 582 of Meeus index or 1535 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
Length of current 582 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 42 minutes. It is 36 minutes shorter than next lunation 583 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 58 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 5 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠96.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠96.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠133°. 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 06:34, this is 15 days after last perigee on 16 January 2047 at 21:10 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 11 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 13 February 2047 at 00:46 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 404 793 km
This apogee Moon is 404 793 km (251 527 mi) away from Earth. It is 615 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 916 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 25 January 2047 at 05:56 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 8 February 2047 at 17:13 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 22 January 2047 at 15:26 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.072°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.040° in the next northern standstill on 6 February 2047 at 02:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 10 February 2047 at 14:40 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.