Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 22% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 22% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 14 March 2048 at 14:28.
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 ∠25° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1927".
Worm Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2048 after 10 days on 30 March 2048 at 02:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 22 March 2048 at 16:03
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 30 March 2048 at 02:04
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 5 April 2048 at 18:10
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 13 April 2048 at 05:20
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 596 / 1549
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 596 of Meeus index or 1549 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
Length of current 596 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 52 minutes. It is 46 minutes shorter than next lunation 597 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 8 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 55 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠100.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠100.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠135.6°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
14 days after point of perigee on 5 March 2048 at 02:21 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 20 March 2048 at 14:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 405 085 km
Moon is 405 085 km (251 708 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 637 km (251 430 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 8 March 2048 at 14:31 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 22 March 2048 at 14:49 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days after previous South standstill on 7 March 2048 at 13:15 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.235°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.093° in the next northern standstill on 21 March 2048 at 12:10 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 10 days
After 10 days on 30 March 2048 at 02:04 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.