Waxing Crescent Moon
Waxing Crescent MoonImage credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.(large image)

Waxing Crescent in Aries

Waxing Crescent on . The illuminated surface of the moon is 2% and growing larger. The lunar cycle is 1 day young.

Moonrise and moonset

The moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon phases on nearby dates

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Upcoming main moon phases

Main moon phases of the following lunar cycle.

Moon phase and lunation details

Moon in ♈ Aries

Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.

1 day after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 15 March 2086 at 08:04.

Worm Moon after 13 days

Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2086 after 13 days on 30 March 2086 at 06:17.

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.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1966"

Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1928".

Lunation 1066 / 2019

The Moon is 1 day young and navigating from the beginning to the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 1066 of Meeus index or 2019 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.37 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 49 minutes and it is 1 minute longer than the upcoming lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increase with the lunar orbit 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 3 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠2.3°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠2.3° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠18.1°.

Moon after perigee

1 day since point of perigee on 15 March 2086 at 04:46 in ♓ Pisces the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 28 March 2086 at 11:54 in ♍ Virgo.

Distance to Moon 364 560 km

The Moon is 364 560 km (226 527 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 404 km (252 528 mi).

Moon before descending node

7 days after ascending node on 8 March 2086 at 13:24 in ♐ Sagittarius the Moon is positioned north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days until the lunar crosses the ecliptic again from North to South in descending node on 20 March 2086 at 23:01 in ♊ Gemini.

Moon before northern standstill

7 days since the last southern standstill on 8 March 2086 at 14:49 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.874° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.761° at the point of next northern standstill on 21 March 2086 at 02:20 in ♊ Gemini.

Draconic month

7 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 13 days

In 13 days on 30 March 2086 at 06:17 in ♎ Libra 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.

Lunar calendar

Sources and credits

Parts of this Lunar Calendar are based on Planetary Ephemeris Data Courtesy of Fred Espenak, www.Astropixels.com

Moon phase image credit to NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio, svs.gsfc.nasa.gov