Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 33% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 33% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 4 March 2030 at 06:35.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1932".
Worm Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2030 after 9 days on 19 March 2030 at 17:56.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 12 March 2030 at 08:48
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 19 March 2030 at 17:56
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 26 March 2030 at 09:51
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 2 April 2030 at 22:02
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 373 / 1326
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 373 of Meeus index or 1326 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 373 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 28 minutes. It is 42 minutes shorter than next lunation 374 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 44 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 19 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠104.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠104.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠139°. 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 02:23, this is 15 days after last perigee on 22 February 2030 at 10:01 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 11 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 21 March 2030 at 22:00 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 404 748 km
This apogee Moon is 404 748 km (251 499 mi) away from Earth. It is 660 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 961 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 26 February 2030 at 05:23 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 March 2030 at 06:43 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 25 February 2030 at 22:24 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.278°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.130° in the next northern standstill on 12 March 2030 at 01:51 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
After 9 days on 19 March 2030 at 17:56 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.