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

Waxing Crescent in Taurus

Waxing Crescent on . The illuminated surface of the moon is 1% 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 ♉ Taurus

Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.

1 day after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 2 May 2087 at 17:51.

Flower Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2087 after 14 days on 17 May 2087 at 15:55.

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 ∠1969"

Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1903".

Lunation 1080 / 2033

The Moon is 1 day young and navigating from the beginning to the first part of the current synodic month. This is lunation 1080 of Meeus index or 2033 from Brown series.

Synodic month length 29.33 days

The length of this lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 48 minutes and it is 4 minutes shorter than the upcoming lunation's length. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2087. 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 4 hours and 56 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 13 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit details for

True anomaly ∠3.2°

The true anomaly of the Moon orbit at the beginning of this lunation cycle is ∠3.2° and at the beginning of the next lunar synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠19°.

Moon after perigee

1 day since point of perigee on 2 May 2087 at 13:16 in ♉ Taurus the lunar orbit is getting widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 15 May 2087 at 19:24 in ♎ Libra.

Distance to Moon 364 062 km

The Moon is 364 062 km (226 218 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 162 km (252 377 mi).

Moon in descending node

Moon is in descending node in ♉ Taurus at 13:34 crossing the ecliptic from North to South. Lunar position remains south of if for the upcoming 13 days until Moon's next ascending node later on 17 May 2087 at 11:58 in ♏ Scorpio.

Moon before northern standstill

11 days since the last southern standstill on 22 April 2087 at 05:30 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.818° the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠20.806° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 May 2087 at 03:19 in ♊ Gemini.

Draconic month

13 days since the beginning of this draconic month in ♏ Scorpio the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the lunar cycle.

Syzygy in 14 days

In 14 days on 17 May 2087 at 15:55 in ♏ Scorpio 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