Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 7% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 7% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 20 March 2004 at 22:41.
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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1795"
Lunar disc appears visually 7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1795" and ∠1925".
Pink Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2004 after 12 days on 5 April 2004 at 11:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 28 March 2004 at 23:48
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 5 April 2004 at 11:03
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 12 April 2004 at 03:46
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 19 April 2004 at 13:21
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 52 / 1005
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 52 of Meeus index or 1005 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
Length of current 52 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes. It is 51 minutes shorter than next lunation 53 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 56 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 7 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠93.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠93.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠129.7°. 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 before apogee
11 days after point of perigee on 12 March 2004 at 03:37 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 27 March 2004 at 07:02 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 399 295 km
Moon is 399 295 km (248 110 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 520 km (251 357 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after its descending node on 10 March 2004 at 23:05 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 24 March 2004 at 04:55 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 14 March 2004 at 19:20 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.445°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.541° in the next northern standstill on 28 March 2004 at 19:53 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 5 April 2004 at 11:03 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.