Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 5% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and growing larger. The 2 days 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 21 March 2042 at 17:23.
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 ∠1963"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1963" and ∠1925".
Pink Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2042 after 13 days on 5 April 2042 at 14:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 28 March 2042 at 12:00
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 5 April 2042 at 14:16
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 April 2042 at 11:09
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 20 April 2042 at 02:19
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 522 / 1475
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 522 of Meeus index or 1475 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 522 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 56 minutes. It is 20 minutes longer than next lunation 523 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 21 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠359.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠359.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠15.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 21 March 2042 at 17:40 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 4 April 2042 at 05:51 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 365 169 km
Moon is 365 169 km (226 905 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 11 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 302 km (252 464 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 10:11 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 6 April 2042 at 12:20 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 10:11 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 15 March 2042 at 17:54 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.137°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.188° in the next northern standstill on 28 March 2042 at 05:49 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 5 April 2042 at 14:16 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.