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 27 April 2006 at 19:44.
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 ∠1° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1889"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1889" and ∠1905".
Flower Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2006 after 13 days on 13 May 2006 at 06:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 5 May 2006 at 05:13
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 13 May 2006 at 06:51
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 May 2006 at 09:21
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 27 May 2006 at 05:26
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 78 / 1031
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 78 of Meeus index or 1031 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
Length of current 78 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 42 minutes. It is 58 minutes shorter than next lunation 79 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 2 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 7 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠38.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠38.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠64.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 25 April 2006 at 10:38 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 7 May 2006 at 06:47 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 379 545 km
Moon is 379 545 km (235 838 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 572 km (251 389 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 25 April 2006 at 12:59 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 9 May 2006 at 08:29 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 18 April 2006 at 22:27 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.668°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.616° in the next northern standstill on 1 May 2006 at 16:26 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 13 May 2006 at 06:51 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.