Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 7% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 7% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 23 February 2020 at 15:32.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2020 after 12 days on 9 March 2020 at 17:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 2 March 2020 at 19:57
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 9 March 2020 at 17:48
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 March 2020 at 09:34
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 24 March 2020 at 09:28
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 249 / 1202
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 249 of Meeus index or 1202 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
Length of current 249 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 56 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2020. It is 58 minutes longer than next lunation 250 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 12 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 51 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠152.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠152.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠177.9°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 11:35, this is 15 days after last perigee on 10 February 2020 at 20:31 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 10 March 2020 at 06:33 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 406 277 km
This apogee Moon is 406 277 km (252 449 mi) away from Earth. It is 869 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 432 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 19 February 2020 at 00:12 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 4 March 2020 at 14:58 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 19 February 2020 at 08:58 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.319°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.441° in the next northern standstill on 5 March 2020 at 01:34 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 9 March 2020 at 17:48 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.