Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 30% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 30% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 6 February 2084 at 04:53.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♈ Aries
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♉ Taurus later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1814"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1814" and ∠1944".
Snow Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2084 after 10 days on 21 February 2084 at 16:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 13 February 2084 at 13:28
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 21 February 2084 at 16:36
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 February 2084 at 21:04
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 6 March 2084 at 17:04
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 1040 / 1993
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1040 of Meeus index or 1993 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 11 minutes. It is 37 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 33 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 36 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠33.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠33.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠58.7°.
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 4 February 2084 at 03:46 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 15 February 2084 at 22:33 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 395 049 km
The Moon is 395 049 km (245 472 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 864 km (251 571 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 4 February 2084 at 23:18 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 18 February 2084 at 23:12 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 2 February 2084 at 09:12 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.324°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.289° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 February 2084 at 18:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 21 February 2084 at 16:36 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.
