Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day 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 15 May 2018 at 11:48.
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 ∠9° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1947"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1947" and ∠1897".
Flower Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2018 after 13 days on 29 May 2018 at 14:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 22 May 2018 at 03:49
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 29 May 2018 at 14:20
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 6 June 2018 at 18:32
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 13 June 2018 at 19:43
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 227 / 1180
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 227 of Meeus index or 1180 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 55 minutes. It is 50 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 4 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 20 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠321.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠321.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠340.3°.
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of apogee on 6 May 2018 at 00:35 in ♑ Capricorn. 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 17 May 2018 at 21:06 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 368 227 km
The Moon is 368 227 km (228 806 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 363 777 km (226 041 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 7 May 2018 at 10:24 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 20 May 2018 at 13:13 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 4 May 2018 at 23:00 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-20.562°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠20.652° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 May 2018 at 15:02 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 29 May 2018 at 14:20 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.
