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 ♊ Gemini.
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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 1 May 2003 at 12:15.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1777"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1777" and ∠1903".
Flower Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2003 after 12 days on 16 May 2003 at 03:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 9 May 2003 at 11:53
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 16 May 2003 at 03:36
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 23 May 2003 at 00:31
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 31 May 2003 at 04:20
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 41 / 994
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 41 of Meeus index or 994 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 5 minutes. It is 1 hour and 46 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 3 hours and 21 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 42 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠181.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠181.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠205.5°.
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 1 May 2003 at 07:39 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 15 May 2003 at 15:39 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 403 428 km
The Moon is 403 428 km (250 679 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 449 km (222 109 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♉ Taurus at 02:17 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 16 May 2003 at 10:51 in ♏ Scorpio.
New draconic month
At 02:17 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 21 April 2003 at 17:59 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.442°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.496° at the point of next northern standstill on 6 May 2003 at 09:48 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 16 May 2003 at 03:36 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.
