Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 15% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 15% 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 16 March 2056 at 06:52.
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 ∠17° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1926".
Worm Moon after 10 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2056 after 10 days on 31 March 2056 at 10:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 24 March 2056 at 11:17
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 31 March 2056 at 10:25
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 7 April 2056 at 01:33
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 14 April 2056 at 23:50
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 695 / 1648
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 695 of Meeus index or 1648 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2056. It is 42 minutes longer 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 14 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 49 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠147°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠147°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠172.8°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 19 March 2056 at 13:34 in ♈ Aries. 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 1 April 2056 at 03:57 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 404 718 km
The Moon is 404 718 km (251 480 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 689 km (222 258 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 11 March 2056 at 17:34 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 26 March 2056 at 07:57 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
21 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
10 days since the previous standstill on 10 March 2056 at 07:45 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.325°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠21.456° at the point of next northern standstill on 25 March 2056 at 00:14 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 10 days
In 10 days on 31 March 2056 at 10:25 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.
