Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 11 March 2032 at 16:25.
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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1937"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1937" and ∠1930".
Worm Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2032 after 14 days on 27 March 2032 at 00:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 March 2032 at 20:56
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 27 March 2032 at 00:46
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 April 2032 at 10:10
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 10 April 2032 at 02:39
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 398 / 1351
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 398 of Meeus index or 1351 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 15 minutes. It is 41 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 2 hours and 29 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 40 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠23.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠23.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠44.4°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 10 March 2032 at 06:54 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 22 March 2032 at 08:27 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 370 039 km
The Moon is 370 039 km (229 932 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 454 km (251 937 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 2 March 2032 at 12:11 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 15 March 2032 at 02:16 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 5 March 2032 at 11:40 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.866°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.775° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 March 2032 at 04:54 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 14 days
In 14 days on 27 March 2032 at 00:46 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.
