Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 4% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and growing larger. The 2 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 28 March 2055 at 07:01.
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 ∠1794"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1794" and ∠1921".
Pink Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2055 after 12 days on 11 April 2055 at 17:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 5 April 2055 at 02:43
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 11 April 2055 at 17:58
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 18 April 2055 at 18:35
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 26 April 2055 at 23:17
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 683 / 1636
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 683 of Meeus index or 1636 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 36 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 3 hours and 32 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 31 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠194.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠194.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠221.6°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 26 March 2055 at 15:17 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 10 April 2055 at 17:08 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 399 550 km
The Moon is 399 550 km (248 269 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 662 km (222 862 mi).
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 24 March 2055 at 03:28 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 7 April 2055 at 10:16 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
19 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 20 March 2055 at 22:19 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.832°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.958° at the point of next northern standstill on 4 April 2055 at 16:13 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 11 April 2055 at 17:58 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.
