Waxing
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 31 December 2089 at 19:57.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1777"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1777" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2090 after 13 days on 16 January 2090 at 03:02.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 9 January 2090 at 01:21
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 16 January 2090 at 03:02
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 22 January 2090 at 18:38
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 30 January 2090 at 14:34
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 1113 / 2066
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1113 of Meeus index or 2066 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 37 minutes. It is 35 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 53 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 10 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠135.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠135.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠163.9°.
Moon before perigee
13 days after point of perigee on 19 December 2089 at 22:47 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 4 January 2090 at 23:25 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 403 367 km
The Moon is 403 367 km (250 641 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 730 km (252 109 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 24 December 2089 at 10:45 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 7 January 2090 at 17:09 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
9 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 after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 30 December 2089 at 21:23 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.450°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.390° at the point of next northern standstill on 14 January 2090 at 07:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 16 January 2090 at 03:02 in ♋ Cancer 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.
