Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 6% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and growing larger. The 2 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 2 days on 6 May 2046 at 02:56.
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 ∠16° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1863"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1863" and ∠1901".
Flower Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2046 after 11 days on 20 May 2046 at 03:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 13 May 2046 at 10:25
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 20 May 2046 at 03:15
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 27 May 2046 at 17:06
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 4 June 2046 at 15:22
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 573 / 1526
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 573 of Meeus index or 1526 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
Length of current 573 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 26 minutes. It is 2 hours and 10 minutes longer than next lunation 574 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 18 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 51 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠239.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠239.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠274°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 1 May 2046 at 03:41 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 16 May 2046 at 23:31 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 384 709 km
Moon is 384 709 km (239 047 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 910 km (227 366 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 28 April 2046 at 02:09 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 May 2046 at 07:55 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 23:01 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠26.750°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-26.705° in its southern standstill point on 21 May 2046 at 18:34 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 20 May 2046 at 03:15 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.