Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 10% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 10% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
Moon phases for next 7 days
Saturday Sat
Sunday Sun
Monday Mon
Tuesday Tue
Wednesday Wed
Thursday Thu
Friday Fri
Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 21 March 2023 at 17:23.
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 ∠10° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1869"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1869" and ∠1924".
Pink Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2023 after 12 days on 6 April 2023 at 04:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 29 March 2023 at 02:32
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 6 April 2023 at 04:35
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 April 2023 at 09:11
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 20 April 2023 at 04:12
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 287 / 1240
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 287 of Meeus index or 1240 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 49 minutes. It is 52 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠34.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠34.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠59.2°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 19 March 2023 at 15:16 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 31 March 2023 at 11:18 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 383 412 km
The Moon is 383 412 km (238 241 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 921 km (251 606 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♉ Taurus at 02:08 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 14 days later on 7 April 2023 at 13:51 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 02:08 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 15 March 2023 at 21:43 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.831°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.898° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 March 2023 at 21:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 6 April 2023 at 04:35 in ♎ Libra 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.
