Waxing
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 30% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 30% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days on 30 March 2063 at 00:50.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1926"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1926" and ∠1918".
Pink Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2063 after 8 days on 13 April 2063 at 02:34.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 6 April 2063 at 09:18
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 13 April 2063 at 02:34
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 20 April 2063 at 14:42
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 28 April 2063 at 14:52
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 782 / 1735
The Moon is 5 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 782 of Meeus index or 1735 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
Length of current 782 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 2 minutes. It is 3 hours and 7 minutes longer than next lunation 783 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 18 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 45 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠234.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠234.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠270.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 25 March 2063 at 07:06 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 April 2063 at 05:55 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 372 198 km
Moon is 372 198 km (231 273 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 244 km (226 952 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 27 March 2063 at 21:01 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 10 April 2063 at 07:03 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 23:41 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠28.415°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-28.344° in its southern standstill point on 17 April 2063 at 20:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 8 days
After 8 days on 13 April 2063 at 02:34 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.