Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 32% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 32% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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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 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 is entering ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1786"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1786" and ∠1950".
Cold Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2053 after 8 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
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 667 / 1620
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 667 of Meeus index or 1620 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
Length of current 667 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 next lunation 668 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 54 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠141.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠141.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠168.6°. 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 apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 13 December 2053 at 21:20 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 26 December 2053 at 06:40 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 401 325 km
Moon is 401 325 km (249 372 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 032 km (222 471 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after its ascending node on 2 December 2053 at 16:41 in ♍ Virgo, 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 17 December 2053 at 00:48 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the first to the middle part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 11 December 2053 at 12:05 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.771°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.770° in the next northern standstill on 25 December 2053 at 11:21 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 25 December 2053 at 09:23 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.