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Quarter* ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 42% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 42% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days 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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1918".
Pink Moon after 7 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2044 after 7 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
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 547 / 1500
The Moon is 7 days 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 after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 2 April 2044 at 02:16 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 17 April 2044 at 20:46 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 363 700 km
The Moon is 363 700 km (225 993 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 858 km (251 567 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 27 March 2044 at 23:51 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 9 April 2044 at 20:15 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
7 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 after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 3 April 2044 at 22:19 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.596°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 13 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.526° at the point of next southern standstill on 17 April 2044 at 18:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 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.
