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Quarter* ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 44% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 44% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 7 days on 20 February 2004 at 09:18.
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 ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1770"
Lunar disc appears visually 9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1937".
Worm Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2004 after 8 days on 6 March 2004 at 23:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 28 February 2004 at 03:24
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 6 March 2004 at 23:14
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 13 March 2004 at 21:01
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 20 March 2004 at 22:41
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 51 / 1004
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 51 of Meeus index or 1004 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 24 minutes. It is 1 hour and 16 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 40 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 23 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠59.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠59.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠93.6°.
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of perigee on 16 February 2004 at 07:34 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 28 February 2004 at 10:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 405 031 km
The Moon is 405 031 km (251 675 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 259 km (251 195 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 26 February 2004 at 00:15 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 10 March 2004 at 23:05 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 16 February 2004 at 13:51 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.229°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.341° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 March 2004 at 11:47 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 6 March 2004 at 23:14 in ♍ Virgo 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.
