Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 20 April 2010 Tuesday is Waxing Crescent, 6 days young Moon is in Cancer.

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Lunar calendar 2010 | April 2010

Waxing Crescent phase
Waxing Crescent phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waxing Crescent 36% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 36% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.

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Moon phase and lunation details

5 days after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days 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 ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1950"

Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1950" and ∠1910".

Pink Moon after 8 days

Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2010 after 8 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

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 127 / 1080

The Moon is 6 days 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.

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Synodic month length 29.52 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 35 minutes. It is 2 hours and 25 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).

Lunation length shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 9 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠247.4°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠247.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠282.4°.

Moon before apogee

11 days after point of apogee on 9 April 2010 at 02:45 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 24 April 2010 at 20:59 in ♍ Virgo.

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Distance to Moon 367 544 km

The Moon is 367 544 km (228 381 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 142 km (228 131 mi).

Moon in descending node

Moon is in descending node in ♋ Cancer at 13:38 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 3 May 2010 at 12:35 in ♑ Capricorn.

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Draconic month

14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.

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Moon after northern standstill

1 day since the previous standstill on 18 April 2010 at 17:15 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.182°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.109° at the point of next southern standstill on 1 May 2010 at 14:01 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Syzygy in 8 days

In 8 days on 28 April 2010 at 12:18 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.

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