Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 8% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
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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 11 April 2051 at 01:59.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♉ Taurus
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1941"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1941" and ∠1913".
Pink Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2051 after 12 days on 26 April 2051 at 02:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 17 April 2051 at 22:38
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 26 April 2051 at 02:19
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 3 May 2051 at 19:30
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 10 May 2051 at 10:29
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 634 / 1587
The Moon is 3 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 634 of Meeus index or 1587 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
Length of current 634 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 30 minutes. It is 3 minutes longer than next lunation 635 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 14 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 55 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠6.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠6.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠23.1°. 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 after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 10 April 2051 at 16:35 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 23 April 2051 at 15:59 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 369 229 km
Moon is 369 229 km (229 428 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 100 km (252 339 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 11 April 2051 at 19:58 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 25 April 2051 at 19:39 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days after previous South standstill on 2 April 2051 at 15:13 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.184°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.160° in the next northern standstill on 15 April 2051 at 05:12 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 26 April 2051 at 02:19 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.