Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 8% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% 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 10 February 2089 at 15:16.
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 leaving the last ∠2° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♈ Aries later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1830"
Lunar disc appears visually 6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1830" and ∠1943".
Snow Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2089 after 11 days on 24 February 2089 at 22:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 February 2089 at 07:15
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 24 February 2089 at 22:05
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 March 2089 at 05:05
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 12 March 2089 at 08:24
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 1102 / 2055
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 1102 of Meeus index or 2055 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 8 minutes. It is 2 hours and 46 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 4 hours and 24 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 39 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠211.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠211.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠244.3°.
Moon after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 7 February 2089 at 10:18 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 23 February 2089 at 04:43 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 391 607 km
The Moon is 391 607 km (243 333 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 191 km (224 434 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 31 January 2089 at 14:33 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 15 February 2089 at 05:13 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 5 February 2089 at 19:19 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.740°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.626° at the point of next northern standstill on 20 February 2089 at 01:51 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 24 February 2089 at 22:05 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.
