Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 24% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 24% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 20 February 2042 at 07:39.
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 ∠4° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1955"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1955" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2042 after 10 days on 6 March 2042 at 20:10.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 26 February 2042 at 23:29
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 6 March 2042 at 20:10
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 14 March 2042 at 23:21
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 March 2042 at 17:23
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 521 / 1474
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 521 of Meeus index or 1474 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 521 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 44 minutes. It is 48 minutes longer than next lunation 522 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 9 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠344.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠344.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠359.8°. 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 after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 21 February 2042 at 05:54 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 8 March 2042 at 05:04 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 366 669 km
Moon is 366 669 km (227 838 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 261 km (252 439 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 02:02 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 10 March 2042 at 07:08 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 02:02 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 16 February 2042 at 09:22 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.949°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.031° in the next northern standstill on 28 February 2042 at 23:35 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 6 March 2042 at 20:10 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.