Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 9% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 18 February 2034 at 23:10.
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 ∠7° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1962"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1962" and ∠1940".
Worm Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2034 after 11 days on 5 March 2034 at 02:10.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 25 February 2034 at 16:34
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 5 March 2034 at 02:10
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 13 March 2034 at 06:45
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 20 March 2034 at 10:14
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 422 / 1375
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 422 of Meeus index or 1375 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 422 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 4 minutes. It is 1 hour and 53 minutes longer than next lunation 423 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 40 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 29 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠317.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠317.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠337.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 15:30, this is 11 days after last apogee on 9 February 2034 at 21:37 in ♎ Libra. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 16 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 9 March 2034 at 16:05 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 364 926 km
This perigee Moon is 364 926 km (226 755 mi) away from Earth. It is 2 418 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 5 430 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♈ Aries at 05:47 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 6 March 2034 at 14:21 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 14 February 2034 at 10:08 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.256°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.195° in the next northern standstill on 27 February 2034 at 06:42 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 5 March 2034 at 02:10 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.