Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 27% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 27% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
Moon phases for next 7 days
Thursday Thu
Friday Fri
Saturday Sat
Sunday Sun
Monday Mon
Tuesday Tue
Wednesday Wed
Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 9 February 2024 at 22:59.
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 leaving the last ∠2° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♉ Taurus later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1946"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1946" and ∠1943".
Snow Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2024 after 10 days on 24 February 2024 at 12:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 16 February 2024 at 15:01
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 24 February 2024 at 12:30
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 3 March 2024 at 15:24
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 10 March 2024 at 09:00
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 298 / 1251
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 298 of Meeus index or 1251 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
Length of current 298 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 1 minute. It is 41 minutes longer than next lunation 299 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 43 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 26 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠345.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠345.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠1.4°. 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 after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 10 February 2024 at 18:49 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 25 February 2024 at 15:00 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 368 293 km
Moon is 368 293 km (228 847 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 316 km (252 473 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 13 February 2024 at 17:01 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 27 February 2024 at 22:53 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 6 February 2024 at 17:06 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.304°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.376° in the next northern standstill on 19 February 2024 at 08:47 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 24 February 2024 at 12:30 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.