Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 2% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% 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 18 December 2093 at 07:47.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠15° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1965"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1950".
Wolf Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2094 after 13 days on 1 January 2094 at 16:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 24 December 2093 at 23:25
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 1 January 2094 at 16:51
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 9 January 2094 at 21:36
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 16 January 2094 at 19:05
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 1162 / 2115
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 1162 of Meeus index or 2115 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 18 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2093. It is 40 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 26 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 43 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠335.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠335.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠352.5°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 18:42. It is 11 days after previous apogee on 7 December 2093 at 19:07 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next apogee on 4 January 2094 at 09:27 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 360 323 km
This perigee Moon is 360 323 km (223 894 mi) away from Earth. It is 2 185 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 10 033 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♑ Capricorn at 15:25 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 2 January 2094 at 02:47 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 08:08 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-22.474°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2093. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠22.474° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 1 January 2094 at 17:59.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 1 January 2094 at 16:51 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.
