Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 17 April 2002 Wednesday is Waxing Crescent, 4 days young Moon is in Gemini.

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Lunar calendar 2002 | April 2002

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

Waxing Crescent 20% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 20% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.

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Moon phase and lunation details

4 days after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 12 April 2002 at 19:21.

Moonrise and moonset

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

Moon in ♊ Gemini

Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1858"

Lunar disc appears visually 2.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1858" and ∠1911".

Pink Moon after 9 days

Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2002 after 9 days on 27 April 2002 at 03:00.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 20 April 2002 at 12:48
  • Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 27 April 2002 at 03:00
  • Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 4 May 2002 at 07:16
  • New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 12 May 2002 at 10:45

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 28 / 981

The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 28 of Meeus index or 981 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.64 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 24 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 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 2 hours and 40 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 23 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠204.7°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠204.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠233.6°.

Moon after apogee

7 days after point of apogee on 10 April 2002 at 05:32 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 25 April 2002 at 16:25 in ♎ Libra.

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Distance to Moon 385 856 km

The Moon is 385 856 km (239 760 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 088 km (223 748 mi).

Moon in ascending node

Moon is in ascending node in ♊ Gemini at 09:15 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 30 April 2002 at 00:29 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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New draconic month

At 09:15 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.

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Moon before northern standstill

13 days since the previous standstill on 4 April 2002 at 08:23 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.771°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠24.908° at the point of next northern standstill on 19 April 2002 at 02:11 in ♋ Cancer.

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Syzygy in 9 days

In 9 days on 27 April 2002 at 03:00 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.

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