Waxing
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
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 ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 17 November 2047 at 12:59.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1897"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1897" and ∠1943".
Cold Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2047 after 9 days on 2 December 2047 at 11:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 24 November 2047 at 08:41
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 2 December 2047 at 11:55
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 10 December 2047 at 08:29
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 December 2047 at 23:38
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 592 / 1545
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 592 of Meeus index or 1545 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
Length of current 592 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 39 minutes. It is 1 hour and 15 minutes shorter than next lunation 593 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 5 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 4 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠2.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠2.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠18.2°. 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 17 November 2047 at 09:53 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 30 November 2047 at 16:36 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 377 891 km
Moon is 377 891 km (234 811 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 295 km (252 460 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 20 November 2047 at 08:31 in ♑ Capricorn, 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 4 December 2047 at 17:15 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days after previous South standstill on 19 November 2047 at 02:58 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.580°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.550° in the next northern standstill on 3 December 2047 at 05:15 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 2 December 2047 at 11:55 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.