Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 2% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 1 day on 10 May 2051 at 10:29.
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 ∠5° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1934"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1934" and ∠1899".
Flower Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2051 after 14 days on 25 May 2051 at 17:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 17 May 2051 at 13:29
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 25 May 2051 at 17:35
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 2 June 2051 at 02:15
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 8 June 2051 at 18:56
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 635 / 1588
The Moon is 1 day young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 635 of Meeus index or 1588 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.35 days
Length of current 635 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 27 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2051. It is 46 minutes shorter than next lunation 636 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 17 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 52 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠23.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠23.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠43.2°. 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 after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 9 May 2051 at 01:26 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 21 May 2051 at 04:56 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 370 621 km
Moon is 370 621 km (230 293 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 251 km (251 811 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 9 May 2051 at 06:46 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 23 May 2051 at 02:03 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
15 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
11 days after previous South standstill on 29 April 2051 at 20:50 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.162°. Next day the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.181° in the next northern standstill on 12 May 2051 at 15:20 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 14 days
After 14 days on 25 May 2051 at 17:35 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.