Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 24 April 2028 at 19:47.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♉ Taurus
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1853"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1853" and ∠1906".
Flower Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2028 after 12 days on 8 May 2028 at 19:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 2 May 2028 at 02:26
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 8 May 2028 at 19:49
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 16 May 2028 at 10:43
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 24 May 2028 at 08:16
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 350 / 1303
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 350 of Meeus index or 1303 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 29 minutes. It is 2 hours and 18 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 15 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 54 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠243.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠243.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠278.2°.
Moon after apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 19 April 2028 at 15:13 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 5 May 2028 at 10:31 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 386 880 km
The Moon is 386 880 km (240 396 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 533 km (227 753 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 16 April 2028 at 17:56 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 30 April 2028 at 22:47 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 13 April 2028 at 18:51 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.138°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠26.020° at the point of next northern standstill on 28 April 2028 at 08:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 8 May 2028 at 19:49 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.
