Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 8% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 18 March 2045 at 17:15.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1870"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1870" and ∠1926".
Pink Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2045 after 11 days on 1 April 2045 at 18:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 26 March 2045 at 00:56
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 1 April 2045 at 18:43
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 9 April 2045 at 07:52
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 17 April 2045 at 07:27
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 559 / 1512
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 559 of Meeus index or 1512 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 12 minutes. It is 3 hours and 12 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 28 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 35 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠238.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠238.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠274.3°.
Moon after apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 13 March 2045 at 18:23 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 29 March 2045 at 17:25 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 383 238 km
The Moon is 383 238 km (238 133 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 846 km (227 326 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 16 March 2045 at 12:51 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 29 March 2045 at 22:04 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
4 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
10 days since the previous standstill on 10 March 2045 at 22:47 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.164°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.089° at the point of next northern standstill on 25 March 2045 at 07:00 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 1 April 2045 at 18:43 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.
