Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 23% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 23% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 10 March 2024 at 09:00.
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 ∠21° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1918"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1918" and ∠1929".
Worm Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2024 after 10 days on 25 March 2024 at 07:00.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 17 March 2024 at 04:11
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 25 March 2024 at 07:00
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 2 April 2024 at 03:15
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 8 April 2024 at 18:21
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 299 / 1252
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 299 of Meeus index or 1252 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 20 minutes. It is 19 minutes longer 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 3 hours and 24 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 45 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠1.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠1.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠17.2°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 10 March 2024 at 07:06 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 23 March 2024 at 15:44 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 373 628 km
The Moon is 373 628 km (232 162 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 292 km (252 458 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 12 March 2024 at 01:18 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 26 March 2024 at 04:07 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 5 March 2024 at 02:03 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.477°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.526° at the point of next northern standstill on 17 March 2024 at 14:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 25 March 2024 at 07:00 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.
