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 29 March 2044 at 09:26.
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 ∠25° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1923"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1923" and ∠1920".
Pink Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2044 after 12 days on 12 April 2044 at 09:39.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 5 April 2044 at 03:45
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 12 April 2044 at 09:39
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 April 2044 at 11:48
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 27 April 2044 at 19:42
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 547 / 1500
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 547 of Meeus index or 1500 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 547 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 19 minutes longer than next lunation 548 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 41 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠304.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠304.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠328.1°. 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 before perigee
9 days after point of apogee on 21 March 2044 at 01:56 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 2 April 2044 at 02:16 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 372 743 km
Moon is 372 743 km (231 612 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 395 km (228 289 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 27 March 2044 at 23:51 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 9 April 2044 at 20:15 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 21 March 2044 at 10:24 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.641°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.596° in the next northern standstill on 3 April 2044 at 22:19 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 12 April 2044 at 09:39 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.