Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 35% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 35% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1785"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1785" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2090 after 8 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 6 days 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 after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 4 January 2090 at 23:25 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 17 January 2090 at 04:55 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 401 559 km
The Moon is 401 559 km (249 517 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 9 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 708 km (222 891 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♓ Pisces at 17:09 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 20 January 2090 at 12:25 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 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 6 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 8 days
In 8 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.
