Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days 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 2 December 2070 at 16:53.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1947".
Cold Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2070 after 13 days on 17 December 2070 at 16:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 10 December 2070 at 20:32
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 17 December 2070 at 16:05
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 24 December 2070 at 09:31
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 1 January 2071 at 12:15
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 877 / 1830
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 877 of Meeus index or 1830 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 22 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2070. It is 22 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠163.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠163.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠187.9°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 13:36. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 19 November 2070 at 07:55 in ♊ Gemini. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next perigee on 17 December 2070 at 19:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 406 585 km
This apogee Moon is 406 585 km (252 640 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 177 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 124 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 28 November 2070 at 03:19 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 12 December 2070 at 18:04 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 00:15 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-18.543°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠18.546° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 17 December 2070 at 17:05.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 17 December 2070 at 16:05 in ♊ Gemini 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.
