Waxing
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 9% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% and growing larger. The 3 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 23 March 2069 at 01:13.
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 ∠10° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1923".
Pink Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2069 after 12 days on 6 April 2069 at 16:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 29 March 2069 at 17:34
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 6 April 2069 at 16:13
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 14 April 2069 at 17:21
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 21 April 2069 at 09:58
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 856 / 1809
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 856 of Meeus index or 1809 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 45 minutes. It is 38 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 59 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 10 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠349.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠349.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠4.9°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 23 March 2069 at 15:45 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 7 April 2069 at 02:44 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 364 281 km
The Moon is 364 281 km (226 354 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 308 km (252 468 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♉ Taurus at 18:54 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 14 days later on 8 April 2069 at 21:44 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 15 March 2069 at 15:52 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.085°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.006° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 March 2069 at 06:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 6 April 2069 at 16:13 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.
