Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 6% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and growing larger. The 2 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 17 April 2007 at 11:36.
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 ∠2° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1953"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1953" and ∠1910".
Flower Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2007 after 12 days on 2 May 2007 at 10:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 24 April 2007 at 06:36
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 2 May 2007 at 10:09
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 10 May 2007 at 04:27
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 May 2007 at 19:27
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 90 / 1043
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 90 of Meeus index or 1043 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 90 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 51 minutes. It is 5 minutes longer than next lunation 91 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 53 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 16 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠19.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 17 April 2007 at 05:55 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 30 April 2007 at 10:57 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 367 022 km
Moon is 367 022 km (228 057 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 209 km (252 407 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 14 April 2007 at 17:34 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 27 April 2007 at 15:27 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 8 April 2007 at 23:01 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.510°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.446° in the next northern standstill on 21 April 2007 at 13:36 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 2 May 2007 at 10:09 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.