Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 4% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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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 26 February 2017 at 14:58.
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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1925"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1925" and ∠1937".
Worm Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2017 after 12 days on 12 March 2017 at 14:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 5 March 2017 at 11:32
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 12 March 2017 at 14:54
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 20 March 2017 at 15:58
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 28 March 2017 at 02:57
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 212 / 1165
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 212 of Meeus index or 1165 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 59 minutes. It is 2 hours and 40 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 45 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 24 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠295°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠295°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠321.4°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 18 February 2017 at 21:14 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 3 March 2017 at 07:24 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 372 391 km
The Moon is 372 391 km (231 393 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 065 km (229 326 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 26 February 2017 at 06:28 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 11 March 2017 at 04:17 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 21 February 2017 at 20:50 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.848°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.861° at the point of next northern standstill on 7 March 2017 at 00:43 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 12 March 2017 at 14:54 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.
