Waxing Crescent on

Moon phase on 25 May 2031 Sunday is Waxing Crescent, 4 days young Moon is in Cancer.

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Lunar calendar 2031 | May 2031

Waxing Crescent phase
Waxing Crescent phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waxing Crescent 15% illuminated

Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 15% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.

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Moon phase and lunation details

4 days after New Moon

Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 21 May 2031 at 07:17.

Moonrise and moonset

Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.

Moon in ♋ Cancer

Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"

Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1894".

Strawberry Moon after 10 days

Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2031 after 10 days on 5 June 2031 at 11:58.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 29 May 2031 at 11:20
  • Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 5 June 2031 at 11:58
  • Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 12 June 2031 at 02:20
  • New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 19 June 2031 at 22:25

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 388 / 1341

The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 388 of Meeus index or 1341 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.63 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 7 minutes. It is 9 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 2 hours and 23 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 40 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠139.8°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠139.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠165.9°.

Moon at apogee

Moon is at apogee at 02:08. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 9 May 2031 at 07:28 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 6 June 2031 at 12:11 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Distance to Moon 405 723 km

This apogee Moon is 405 723 km (252 105 mi) away from Earth. It is 315 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 986 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.

Moon after descending node

4 days after descending node on 21 May 2031 at 03:26 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 4 June 2031 at 09:20 in ♏ Scorpio.

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Draconic month

17 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.

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Moon after northern standstill

2 days since the previous standstill on 22 May 2031 at 19:41 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.091°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠-21.099° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 June 2031 at 17:57 in ♐ Sagittarius.

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Syzygy in 10 days

In 10 days on 5 June 2031 at 11:58 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.

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