Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 14 February 2048 at 00:31.
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 ∠15° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1847"
Lunar disc appears visually 5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1847" and ∠1942".
Snow Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2048 after 14 days on 29 February 2048 at 14:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 21 February 2048 at 19:22
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 29 February 2048 at 14:38
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 7 March 2048 at 10:45
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 14 March 2048 at 14:28
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 595 / 1548
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 595 of Meeus index or 1548 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
Length of current 595 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 56 minutes. It is 56 minutes shorter than next lunation 596 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 12 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 51 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠64.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠64.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠100.4°. 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
6 days after point of perigee on 9 February 2048 at 09:12 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 21 February 2048 at 18:29 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 388 032 km
Moon is 388 032 km (241 112 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 268 km (251 200 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 10 February 2048 at 12:30 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 24 February 2048 at 12:13 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
4 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
6 days after previous South standstill on 9 February 2048 at 07:42 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.460°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.357° in the next northern standstill on 23 February 2048 at 04:06 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 14 days
After 14 days on 29 February 2048 at 14:38 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.