Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 9% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 21 January 2061 at 15:16.
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 ∠10° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1908"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1908" and ∠1949".
Snow Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2061 after 11 days on 4 February 2061 at 15:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 January 2061 at 18:10
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 4 February 2061 at 15:22
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 12 February 2061 at 11:52
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 20 February 2061 at 05:31
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 755 / 1708
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 755 of Meeus index or 1708 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
Length of current 755 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 15 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes longer than next lunation 756 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 31 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 32 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠265.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠265.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠299.9°. 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
9 days after point of apogee on 15 January 2061 at 08:29 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 30 January 2061 at 14:53 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 375 676 km
Moon is 375 676 km (233 434 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 564 km (229 636 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 13 January 2061 at 15:27 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 27 January 2061 at 14:07 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 19 January 2061 at 10:36 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.037°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.115° in the next northern standstill on 1 February 2061 at 14:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 4 February 2061 at 15:22 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.