Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 18% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 18% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 17 February 2026 at 12:01.
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 ∠23° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1944"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1944" and ∠1940".
Worm Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2026 after 9 days on 3 March 2026 at 11:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 February 2026 at 12:28
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 March 2026 at 11:38
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 March 2026 at 09:39
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 19 March 2026 at 01:23
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 323 / 1276
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 323 of Meeus index or 1276 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 22 minutes. It is 2 hours and 54 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠276.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠276.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠307.9°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 10 February 2026 at 16:52 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 24 February 2026 at 23:18 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 368 752 km
The Moon is 368 752 km (229 132 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 370 132 km (229 989 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 18 February 2026 at 06:19 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 3 March 2026 at 04:35 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 12 February 2026 at 12:56 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.406°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.428° at the point of next northern standstill on 25 February 2026 at 23:23 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 3 March 2026 at 11:38 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.
