Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 2% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and growing larger. The 1 day 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 11 May 2040 at 03:28.
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 ∠8° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1790"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1790" and ∠1899".
Flower Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2040 after 13 days on 26 May 2040 at 11:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 19 May 2040 at 07:00
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 26 May 2040 at 11:47
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 2 June 2040 at 02:17
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 9 June 2040 at 18:03
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 499 / 1452
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 499 of Meeus index or 1452 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 35 minutes. It is 37 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 1 hour and 51 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 12 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠122.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠122.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠152°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 30 April 2040 at 04:22 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 May 2040 at 01:01 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 400 506 km
The Moon is 400 506 km (248 863 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 171 km (251 762 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♊ Gemini at 04:05 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 13 days later on 26 May 2040 at 08:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.
New draconic month
At 04:05 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 1 May 2040 at 10:16 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.155°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.185° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 May 2040 at 03:53 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 26 May 2040 at 11:47 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.
