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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 43 minutes. It is 1 hour and 43 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 1 minute shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 8 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠20.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠20.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠40.9°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 9 December 2091 at 08:19 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 December 2091 at 10:59 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 369 530 km
The Moon is 369 530 km (229 615 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 544 km (251 993 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 2 December 2091 at 18:52 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 15 December 2091 at 07:03 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
8 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 21:10 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-19.452°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2091. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠19.486° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 26 December 2091 at 05:43.
Syzygy in 14 days
In 14 days on 25 December 2091 at 21:59 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.
