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 8 December 2064 at 06:28.
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 ∠1908"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1908" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2064 after 14 days on 23 December 2064 at 18:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 15 December 2064 at 15:45
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 23 December 2064 at 18:14
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 30 December 2064 at 23:50
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 6 January 2065 at 19:15
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 803 / 1756
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 803 of Meeus index or 1756 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
Length of current 803 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 46 minutes. It is 2 hours and 1 minute shorter than next lunation 804 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 7 hours and 1 minute shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠33°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠33°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠57.9°. 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 perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 6 December 2064 at 06:12 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 18 December 2064 at 01:06 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 375 681 km
Moon is 375 681 km (233 437 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 936 km (251 616 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 29 November 2064 at 05:50 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 11 December 2064 at 21:17 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 8 December 2064 at 15:21 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.787°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.786° in the next northern standstill on 22 December 2064 at 22:07 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 14 days
After 14 days on 23 December 2064 at 18:14 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.