Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 14% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 14% 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 1 March 2033 at 08:23.
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 ∠1955"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1955" and ∠1935".
Worm Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2033 after 11 days on 16 March 2033 at 01:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 8 March 2033 at 01:27
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 16 March 2033 at 01:37
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 24 March 2033 at 01:50
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 30 March 2033 at 17:52
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 410 / 1363
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 410 of Meeus index or 1363 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 28 minutes. It is 33 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 16 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 53 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠353°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠353°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠8.3°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 1 March 2033 at 18:17 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 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 15 March 2033 at 22:00 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 366 578 km
The Moon is 366 578 km (227 781 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 368 km (252 505 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♈ Aries at 01:01 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 18 March 2033 at 05:18 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 24 February 2033 at 01:02 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.763°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.688° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 March 2033 at 13:21 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 16 March 2033 at 01:37 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.
