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 ♈ Aries.
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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 12 March 2070 at 15:52.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1947"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1947" and ∠1929".
Worm Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2070 after 12 days on 26 March 2070 at 17:31.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 19 March 2070 at 09:53
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 March 2070 at 17:31
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 April 2070 at 21:23
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 11 April 2070 at 02:30
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 868 / 1821
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 868 of Meeus index or 1821 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
Length of current 868 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 38 minutes. It is 2 hours longer than next lunation 869 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 3 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠312°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠312°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠333.5°. 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 3 March 2070 at 22:21 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 15 March 2070 at 17:55 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 368 161 km
Moon is 368 161 km (228 765 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 070 km (227 465 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♈ Aries at 23:47 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 28 March 2070 at 06:44 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days after previous South standstill on 5 March 2070 at 19:21 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.883°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.809° in the next northern standstill on 19 March 2070 at 00:13 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 26 March 2070 at 17:31 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.