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 7 May 2035 at 20:04.
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 ∠12° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1900".
Flower Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2035 after 12 days on 22 May 2035 at 04:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 14 May 2035 at 10:28
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 May 2035 at 04:26
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 30 May 2035 at 07:31
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 6 June 2035 at 03:21
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 437 / 1390
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 437 of Meeus index or 1390 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 17 minutes. It is 38 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 5 hours and 27 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 42 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠338.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠338.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠354.2°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 03:09. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 26 April 2035 at 22:33 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 14 days, until point of next apogee on 24 May 2035 at 09:19 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 359 785 km
This perigee Moon is 359 785 km (223 560 mi) away from Earth. It is 2 723 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 10 571 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
6 days after descending node on 3 May 2035 at 06:54 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 15 May 2035 at 19:31 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, 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 27 April 2035 at 17:20 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.609°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠18.691° at the point of next northern standstill on 10 May 2035 at 23:59 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 22 May 2035 at 04:26 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.
