Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 19% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 19% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 27 January 2055 at 17:39.
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 ∠4° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1773"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1773" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2055 after 10 days on 11 February 2055 at 22:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 4 February 2055 at 22:59
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 11 February 2055 at 22:48
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 18 February 2055 at 14:14
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 February 2055 at 12:39
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 681 / 1634
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 681 of Meeus index or 1634 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 1 minute. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2055. It is 38 minutes longer 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 16 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 47 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠143.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠143.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠170.8°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 31 January 2055 at 06:49 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 12 February 2055 at 17:59 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 404 251 km
The Moon is 404 251 km (251 190 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 885 km (222 379 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 28 January 2055 at 16:32 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 11 February 2055 at 16:36 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 25 January 2055 at 10:36 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.724°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.711° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 February 2055 at 23:45 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 11 February 2055 at 22:48 in ♌ Leo 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.
