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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 19 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 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠304.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠304.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠328.1°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 21 March 2044 at 01:56 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 2 April 2044 at 02:16 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 372 743 km
The Moon is 372 743 km (231 612 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 395 km (228 289 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 27 March 2044 at 23:51 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 9 April 2044 at 20:15 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 21 March 2044 at 10:24 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.641°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.596° at the point of next northern standstill on 3 April 2044 at 22:19 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 12 April 2044 at 09:39 in ♎ Libra 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.
