Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 13% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 13% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 29 March 2006 at 10:15.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1898"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1898" and ∠1920".
Pink Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2006 after 12 days on 13 April 2006 at 16:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 5 April 2006 at 12:01
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 13 April 2006 at 16:40
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 21 April 2006 at 03:28
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 27 April 2006 at 19:44
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 77 / 1030
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 77 of Meeus index or 1030 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
Length of current 77 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 29 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2006. It is 13 minutes shorter than next lunation 78 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 15 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 54 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠19°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠19°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠38.4°. 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 after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 28 March 2006 at 07:13 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 9 April 2006 at 13:16 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 377 737 km
Moon is 377 737 km (234 715 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 551 km (251 998 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 29 March 2006 at 03:31 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 April 2006 at 02:35 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 22 March 2006 at 16:53 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.725°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.715° in the next northern standstill on 4 April 2006 at 07:35 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 13 April 2006 at 16:40 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.