Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
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 ♉ Taurus.
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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 23 April 2001 at 15:26.
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 ∠1889"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1889" and ∠1907".
Flower Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2001 after 12 days on 7 May 2001 at 13:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 30 April 2001 at 17:08
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 7 May 2001 at 13:53
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 15 May 2001 at 10:11
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 23 May 2001 at 02:46
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 16 / 969
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 16 of Meeus index or 969 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 20 minutes. It is 2 hours and 8 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 24 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 45 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠267.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠267.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠299.7°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 17 April 2001 at 06:06 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 2 May 2001 at 03:37 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 379 411 km
The Moon is 379 411 km (235 755 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 426 km (229 551 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 14 April 2001 at 06:52 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 28 April 2001 at 09:43 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 14 April 2001 at 11:36 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.123°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠23.248° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 April 2001 at 16:18 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 7 May 2001 at 13:53 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
