Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 2% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% 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 20 March 2034 at 10:14.
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 ∠16° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1926".
Pink Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2034 after 13 days on 3 April 2034 at 19:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 March 2034 at 01:18
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 3 April 2034 at 19:19
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 11 April 2034 at 22:45
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 18 April 2034 at 19:26
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 423 / 1376
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 423 of Meeus index or 1376 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 11 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 33 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 36 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠337.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠337.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠353.9°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 18:12. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 9 March 2034 at 16:05 in ♏ Scorpio. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next apogee on 6 April 2034 at 03:44 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 359 963 km
This perigee Moon is 359 963 km (223 671 mi) away from Earth. It is 2 545 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 10 393 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 20 March 2034 at 15:22 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 2 April 2034 at 21:12 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 13 March 2034 at 19:10 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.147°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.139° at the point of next northern standstill on 26 March 2034 at 12:34 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 3 April 2034 at 19:19 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.
