Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 6% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and growing larger. The 2 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 28 January 2082 at 20:46.
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 ∠11° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1775"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1775" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2082 after 12 days on 13 February 2082 at 06:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 6 February 2082 at 01:34
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 13 February 2082 at 06:16
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 19 February 2082 at 21:35
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 27 February 2082 at 14:48
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 1015 / 1968
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 1015 of Meeus index or 1968 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
Length of current 1015 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 2 minutes. It is 14 minutes shorter than next lunation 1016 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 18 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 45 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠122.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠122.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠154.1°. 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 before apogee
13 days after point of perigee on 17 January 2082 at 16:31 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 2 February 2082 at 18:11 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 403 742 km
Moon is 403 742 km (250 874 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 315 km (251 851 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♓ Pisces at 01:22 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 14 February 2082 at 00:16 in ♍ Virgo.
New draconic month
At 01:22 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days after previous South standstill on 25 January 2082 at 12:10 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.230°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.278° in the next northern standstill on 9 February 2082 at 02:32 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 13 February 2082 at 06:16 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.