Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 2% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 10 December 2053 at 03:40.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1776"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1776" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2053 after 13 days on 25 December 2053 at 09:23.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 18 December 2053 at 09:11
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 25 December 2053 at 09:23
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 1 January 2054 at 01:11
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 8 January 2054 at 22:34
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 667 / 1620
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 667 of Meeus index or 1620 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2053. It is 47 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 54 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠141.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠141.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠168.6°.
Moon before perigee
13 days after point of perigee on 27 November 2053 at 23:02 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 December 2053 at 21:20 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 403 561 km
The Moon is 403 561 km (250 761 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 943 km (252 241 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 2 December 2053 at 16:41 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 17 December 2053 at 00:48 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 12:05 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-18.771°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2053. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠18.770° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 25 December 2053 at 11:21.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 25 December 2053 at 09:23 in ♋ Cancer the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
