Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 5 March 2049 Friday is Waxing Crescent, 2 days young Moon is in Aries.

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Lunar calendar 2049 | March 2049

Waxing Crescent phase
Waxing Crescent phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days 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 4 March 2049 at 00:11.

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 ∠5° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1888"

Lunar disc appears visually 2.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1888" and ∠1934".

Worm Moon after 14 days

Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2049 after 14 days on 19 March 2049 at 12:23.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 11 March 2049 at 11:26
  • Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 19 March 2049 at 12:23
  • Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 26 March 2049 at 15:10
  • New Moon in Aries ♈ on 2 April 2049 at 11:39

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 608 / 1561

The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 608 of Meeus index or 1561 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.48 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 28 minutes. It is 1 hour and 4 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).

Lunation length shorter than mean

The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 16 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 53 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠39.7°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠39.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠67°.

Moon after perigee

3 days after point of perigee on 1 March 2049 at 12:45 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 March 2049 at 07:24 in ♋ Cancer.

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Distance to Moon 379 593 km

The Moon is 379 593 km (235 868 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 598 km (251 406 mi).

Moon before descending node

7 days after ascending node on 25 February 2049 at 20:27 in ♐ Sagittarius. 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 10 March 2049 at 19:09 in ♊ Gemini.

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Draconic month

7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon before northern standstill

7 days since the previous standstill on 26 February 2049 at 03:09 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.575°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.452° at the point of next northern standstill on 11 March 2049 at 05:37 in ♊ Gemini.

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Syzygy in 14 days

In 14 days on 19 March 2049 at 12:23 in ♍ Virgo 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.

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