Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 27% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 27% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 16 February 2045 at 23:51.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1882"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1882" and ∠1939".
Worm Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2045 after 8 days on 3 March 2045 at 07:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 24 February 2045 at 16:37
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 March 2045 at 07:52
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 March 2045 at 12:50
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 18 March 2045 at 17:15
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 558 / 1511
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 558 of Meeus index or 1511 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
Length of current 558 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 24 minutes. It is 3 hours and 12 minutes longer than next lunation 559 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 40 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠207.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠207.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠238.6°. 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
8 days after point of apogee on 14 February 2045 at 02:57 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 1 March 2045 at 18:43 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 380 943 km
Moon is 380 943 km (236 707 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 7 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 563 km (224 043 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 17 February 2045 at 06:00 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 2 March 2045 at 13:33 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
5 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
10 days after previous South standstill on 11 February 2045 at 15:40 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.184°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.188° in the next northern standstill on 26 February 2045 at 01:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 3 March 2045 at 07:52 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.