Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
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 ♉ Taurus.
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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 13 April 2067 at 19:23.
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 ∠1844"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1844" and ∠1912".
Pink Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2067 after 13 days on 29 April 2067 at 08:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 21 April 2067 at 14:15
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 29 April 2067 at 08:40
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 6 May 2067 at 05:19
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 13 May 2067 at 07:20
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 832 / 1785
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 832 of Meeus index or 1785 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 23 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 47 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 22 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠63.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠63.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠98.3°.
Moon before perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 9 April 2067 at 05:49 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 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 21 April 2067 at 15:37 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 388 659 km
The Moon is 388 659 km (241 502 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 190 km (251 152 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 5 April 2067 at 05:55 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 18 April 2067 at 06:40 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 4 April 2067 at 22:26 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.296°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠23.205° at the point of next northern standstill on 17 April 2067 at 23:59 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 29 April 2067 at 08:40 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
