Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 25% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 25% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 10 March 2100 at 22:28.
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 leaving the last ∠4° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1786"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1786" and ∠1928".
Worm Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2100 after 9 days on 26 March 2100 at 01:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 19 March 2100 at 02:58
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 March 2100 at 01:05
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 1 April 2100 at 16:35
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 9 April 2100 at 16:16
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 1239 / 2192
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 1239 of Meeus index or 2192 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 48 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2100. It is 1 hour and 11 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 4 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 59 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠151.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠151.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠176.6°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 13 March 2100 at 21:09 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 26 March 2100 at 14:59 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 401 317 km
The Moon is 401 317 km (249 367 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 10 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 415 km (222 087 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 10 March 2100 at 16:27 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 24 March 2100 at 20:18 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
5 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 4 March 2100 at 09:17 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.575°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.566° at the point of next northern standstill on 19 March 2100 at 01:51 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 26 March 2100 at 01:05 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.
