Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 23% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 23% and growing larger. The 5 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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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 1 April 2041 at 01:29.
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 ∠13° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1835"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1835" and ∠1917".
Pink Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2041 after 11 days on 16 April 2041 at 12:00.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 8 April 2041 at 09:38
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 16 April 2041 at 12:00
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 23 April 2041 at 17:24
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 30 April 2041 at 11:46
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 510 / 1463
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 510 of Meeus index or 1463 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 510 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 17 minutes. It is 53 minutes shorter than next lunation 511 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 27 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 42 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠32.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠32.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠56.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
6 days after point of perigee on 30 March 2041 at 02:37 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 10 April 2041 at 23:41 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 390 531 km
Moon is 390 531 km (242 665 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 5 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 998 km (251 654 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 3 April 2041 at 10:39 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 17 April 2041 at 22:27 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 25 March 2041 at 14:14 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.252°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.319° in the next northern standstill on 7 April 2041 at 10:33 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 16 April 2041 at 12:00 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.