Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 17% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and growing larger. The 4 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 2 April 2049 at 11:39.
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 ∠5° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1796"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1796" and ∠1917".
Pink Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2049 after 11 days on 18 April 2049 at 01:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 10 April 2049 at 07:27
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 18 April 2049 at 01:04
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 24 April 2049 at 21:11
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 2 May 2049 at 00:11
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 609 / 1562
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 609 of Meeus index or 1562 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
Length of current 609 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 32 minutes. It is 1 hour and 17 minutes shorter than next lunation 610 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 12 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 57 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠67°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠67°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠102.4°. 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
8 days after point of perigee on 28 March 2049 at 13:03 in ♑ Capricorn. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 10 April 2049 at 03:32 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 399 162 km
Moon is 399 162 km (248 028 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 203 km (251 160 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♊ Gemini at 22:31 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet ascending node on 20 April 2049 at 23:57 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days after previous South standstill on 25 March 2049 at 08:26 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-22.314°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠22.212° in the next northern standstill on 7 April 2049 at 13:42 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 18 April 2049 at 01:04 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.