Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 25% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 25% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 5 days 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 ♋ Cancer
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♌ Leo later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1897".
Flower Moon after 9 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2040 after 9 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
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 499 / 1452
The Moon is 5 days 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 at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 01:01. It is 15 days after previous perigee on 30 April 2040 at 04:22 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 11 days, until point of next perigee on 28 May 2040 at 02:22 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 405 171 km
This apogee Moon is 405 171 km (251 762 mi) away from Earth. It is 237 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 538 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 12 May 2040 at 04:05 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 26 May 2040 at 08:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 15 May 2040 at 03:53 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.185°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.181° at the point of next southern standstill on 28 May 2040 at 18:19 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 9 days
In 9 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.
