Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 25 May 2001 Friday is Waxing Crescent, 3 days young Moon is in Cancer.

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Lunar calendar 2001 | May 2001

Waxing Crescent phase
Waxing Crescent phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waxing Crescent 7% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 7% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.

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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 23 May 2001 at 02:46.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon in ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1943"

Lunar disc appears visually 2.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1943" and ∠1894".

Strawberry Moon after 11 days

Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2001 after 11 days on 6 June 2001 at 01:39.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 29 May 2001 at 22:09
  • Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 June 2001 at 01:39
  • Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 14 June 2001 at 03:28
  • New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 21 June 2001 at 11:58

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 17 / 970

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 17 of Meeus index or 970 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.38 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 12 minutes. It is 1 hour and 25 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 3 hours and 32 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 37 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠299.7°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠299.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠324.1°.

Moon before apogee

10 days after point of apogee on 15 May 2001 at 01:29 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 27 May 2001 at 07:07 in ♌ Leo.

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Distance to Moon 368 964 km

The Moon is 368 964 km (229 264 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 036 km (228 687 mi).

Moon in ascending node

Moon is in ascending node in ♊ Gemini at 13:51 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 7 June 2001 at 17:37 in ♑ Capricorn.

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New draconic month

At 13:51 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.

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Moon at northern standstill

At 23:03 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠23.388°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-23.414° at the point of next standstill in ♑ Capricorn on 8 June 2001 at 05:02.

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Syzygy in 11 days

In 11 days on 6 June 2001 at 01:39 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.

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