Waxing
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 20% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 20% 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 26 April 2036 at 09:33.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1961"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1961" and ∠1904".
Flower Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2036 after 9 days on 10 May 2036 at 08:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 3 May 2036 at 05:54
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 10 May 2036 at 08:09
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 18 May 2036 at 08:39
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 25 May 2036 at 19:17
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 449 / 1402
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 449 of Meeus index or 1402 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 44 minutes. It is 1 hour and 51 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 3 hours shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 9 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠292.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠292.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠318.9°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 18 April 2036 at 17:40 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 1 May 2036 at 08:26 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 365 517 km
The Moon is 365 517 km (227 122 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 369 111 km (229 355 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 20 April 2036 at 16:14 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 3 May 2036 at 21:32 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
23 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 at northern standstill
At 19:06 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠19.658°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-19.758° at the point of next standstill in ♑ Capricorn on 14 May 2036 at 05:17.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 days on 10 May 2036 at 08:09 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.
