Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 5% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 17 November 2085 at 08:20.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1899"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1899" and ∠1942".
Cold Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2085 after 11 days on 1 December 2085 at 08:10.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 24 November 2085 at 10:02
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 1 December 2085 at 08:10
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 9 December 2085 at 05:47
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 December 2085 at 22:38
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 1062 / 2015
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 1062 of Meeus index or 2015 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 18 minutes. It is 1 hour and 32 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 1 hour and 33 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 29 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠271.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠271.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠305°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 10 November 2085 at 18:58 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 25 November 2085 at 13:37 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 377 452 km
The Moon is 377 452 km (234 538 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 952 km (229 878 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 09:10 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 2 December 2085 at 07:25 in ♊ Gemini.
New draconic month
At 09:10 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon at southern standstill
At 01:11 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-23.309°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠23.305° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 1 December 2085 at 23:22.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 1 December 2085 at 08:10 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.
