Waxing
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 4% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♓ Pisces.
Moon phases for next 7 days
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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 25 January 2085 at 20:06.
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 ♓ Pisces
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1963"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1963" and ∠1948".
Snow Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2085 after 13 days on 9 February 2085 at 18:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 1 February 2085 at 14:36
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 9 February 2085 at 18:24
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 17 February 2085 at 14:47
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 24 February 2085 at 06:32
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 1052 / 2005
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 1052 of Meeus index or 2005 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 26 minutes. It is 21 minutes longer 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 2 hours and 19 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 51 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠0.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠0.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠16.7°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 25 January 2085 at 18:46 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 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 8 February 2085 at 04:48 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 365 240 km
The Moon is 365 240 km (226 950 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 318 km (252 474 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 24 January 2085 at 03:41 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 6 February 2085 at 07:10 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
3 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 after southern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 22 January 2085 at 16:49 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.889°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠24.854° at the point of next northern standstill on 4 February 2085 at 12:06 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 9 February 2085 at 18:24 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.
