Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 10 December 2091 at 13:54.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1940"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1940" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2091 after 14 days on 25 December 2091 at 21:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 17 December 2091 at 17:29
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 25 December 2091 at 21:59
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 2 January 2092 at 09:07
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 9 January 2092 at 01:37
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 1137 / 2090
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 1137 of Meeus index or 2090 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
Length of current 1137 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 43 minutes. It is 1 hour and 43 minutes shorter than next lunation 1138 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 1 minute shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 8 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠20.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠20.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠40.9°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 9 December 2091 at 08:19 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 21 December 2091 at 10:59 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 369 530 km
Moon is 369 530 km (229 615 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 544 km (251 993 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 2 December 2091 at 18:52 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 15 December 2091 at 07:03 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 21:10 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-19.452°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2091. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠19.486° in its northern standstill point on 26 December 2091 at 05:43 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 14 days
After 14 days on 25 December 2091 at 21:59 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.