Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 13% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 13% 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 24 January 2077 at 12:45.
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 ∠20° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1948".
Snow Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2077 after 11 days on 7 February 2077 at 23:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 31 January 2077 at 03:35
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 7 February 2077 at 23:08
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 February 2077 at 02:58
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 22 February 2077 at 23:07
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 953 / 1906
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 953 of Meeus index or 1906 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 21 minutes. It is 1 hour and 3 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 46 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠339.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠339.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠355.5°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 25 January 2077 at 18:01 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 10 February 2077 at 02:41 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 363 555 km
The Moon is 363 555 km (225 903 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 305 km (252 466 mi).
Moon before ascending node
6 days after descending node on 21 January 2077 at 03:21 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 2 February 2077 at 17:16 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 22 January 2077 at 20:40 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-25.115°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠25.148° at the point of next northern standstill on 4 February 2077 at 17:05 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 7 February 2077 at 23:08 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.
