Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 16% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 31 January 2052 at 18:30.
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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1948"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1948" and ∠1946".
Snow Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2052 after 10 days on 14 February 2052 at 18:21.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 7 February 2052 at 17:35
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 14 February 2052 at 18:21
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 22 February 2052 at 18:44
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 1 March 2052 at 07:36
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 644 / 1597
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 644 of Meeus index or 1597 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.55 days
Length of current 644 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 6 minutes. It is 2 hours and 15 minutes longer than next lunation 645 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 22 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 41 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠285.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠285.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠314.8°. 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 before perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 24 January 2052 at 12:51 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 February 2052 at 18:01 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 367 915 km
Moon is 367 915 km (228 612 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 370 138 km (229 993 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 22 January 2052 at 12:23 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 5 February 2052 at 10:04 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 28 January 2052 at 05:17 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.646°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.554° in the next northern standstill on 10 February 2052 at 09:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 14 February 2052 at 18:21 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.