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 13 May 2029 at 13:42.
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 ∠17° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1815"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1815" and ∠1898".
Flower Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2029 after 12 days on 27 May 2029 at 18:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 May 2029 at 04:16
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 27 May 2029 at 18:37
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 4 June 2029 at 01:19
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 12 June 2029 at 03:51
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 363 / 1316
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 363 of Meeus index or 1316 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
Length of current 363 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 8 minutes. It is 2 hours and 7 minutes longer than next lunation 364 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 24 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 39 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠213.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠213.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠244.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 10 May 2029 at 07:00 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 25 May 2029 at 22:19 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 394 945 km
Moon is 394 945 km (245 407 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 586 km (224 679 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after its ascending node on 2 May 2029 at 09:41 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 May 2029 at 23:31 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 15:58 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠24.404°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-24.396° in its southern standstill point on 28 May 2029 at 14:12 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 27 May 2029 at 18:37 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.