Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 14 April 2010 at 12:29.
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 ∠7° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1843"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1843" and ∠1912".
Pink Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2010 after 13 days on 28 April 2010 at 12:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 21 April 2010 at 18:20
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 28 April 2010 at 12:18
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 6 May 2010 at 04:15
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 14 May 2010 at 01:04
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 127 / 1080
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 127 of Meeus index or 1080 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
Length of current 127 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 35 minutes. It is 2 hours and 25 minutes longer than next lunation 128 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 9 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠247.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠247.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠282.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 9 April 2010 at 02:45 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 24 April 2010 at 20:59 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 389 015 km
Moon is 389 015 km (241 723 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 142 km (228 131 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 6 April 2010 at 09:45 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 April 2010 at 13:38 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 4 April 2010 at 05:23 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-25.311°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠25.182° in the next northern standstill on 18 April 2010 at 17:15 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 28 April 2010 at 12:18 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.