Waxing
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 10% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 10% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♈ Aries.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 20 February 2099 at 04:05.
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 ∠11° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1784"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1784" and ∠1939".
Worm Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2099 after 11 days on 6 March 2099 at 22:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 28 February 2099 at 06:13
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 6 March 2099 at 22:59
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 13 March 2099 at 19:00
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 March 2099 at 22:46
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 1226 / 2179
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 1226 of Meeus index or 2179 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 58 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 57 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 6 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠175.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠175.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠199.5°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 20 February 2099 at 17:45 in ♓ Pisces. 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 6 March 2099 at 16:59 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 401 844 km
The Moon is 401 844 km (249 694 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 797 km (221 703 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♈ Aries at 01:04 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 8 March 2099 at 04:56 in ♎ Libra.
New draconic month
At 01:04 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 15 February 2099 at 03:18 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.548°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.627° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 March 2099 at 19:54 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
In 11 days on 6 March 2099 at 22:59 in ♍ Virgo 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.
