Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 5% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 8 May 2005 at 08:45.
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 ∠15° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1800"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1800" and ∠1900".
Flower Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2005 after 13 days on 23 May 2005 at 20:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 16 May 2005 at 08:56
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 23 May 2005 at 20:18
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 30 May 2005 at 11:47
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 6 June 2005 at 21:55
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 66 / 1019
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 66 of Meeus index or 1019 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.55 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 10 minutes. It is 57 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 26 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 37 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠96.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠96.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠131.2°.
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of perigee on 29 April 2005 at 09:59 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 14 May 2005 at 13:41 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 398 235 km
The Moon is 398 235 km (247 452 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 601 km (251 407 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 6 May 2005 at 10:56 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 20 May 2005 at 22:02 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 28 April 2005 at 15:55 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.359°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠28.317° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 May 2005 at 00:42 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 23 May 2005 at 20:18 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.
