Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 6% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and growing larger. The 2 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 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 ∠22° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1930".
Worm Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2043 after 12 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 2 days 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
Length of current 534 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 42 minutes longer than next lunation 535 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 47 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 22 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠327.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠327.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠345.1°. 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 09:10, this is 11 days after last apogee on 1 March 2043 at 13:38 in ♏ Scorpio. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 29 March 2043 at 05:28 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 362 515 km
This perigee Moon is 362 515 km (225 256 mi) away from Earth. It is 7 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 7 841 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 12 March 2043 at 14:36 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 25 March 2043 at 21:58 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 5 March 2043 at 13:06 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.608°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.648° in the next northern standstill on 18 March 2043 at 08:45 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 25 March 2043 at 14:26 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.