Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
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 11 March 2043 at 09:09.
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 ∠1955"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1955" and ∠1931".
Worm Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2043 after 13 days on 25 March 2043 at 14:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 March 2043 at 01:03
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 25 March 2043 at 14:26
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 2 April 2043 at 18:56
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 9 April 2043 at 19:06
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 534 / 1487
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 534 of Meeus index or 1487 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 42 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 2 hours and 47 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 22 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠327.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠327.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠345.1°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 1 March 2043 at 13:38 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 13 March 2043 at 09:10 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 366 617 km
The Moon is 366 617 km (227 805 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 515 km (225 256 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 14:36 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 25 March 2043 at 21:58 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 14:36 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 5 March 2043 at 13:06 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.608°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.648° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 March 2043 at 08:45 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 25 March 2043 at 14:26 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.
