Waxing
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 12% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and growing larger. The 3 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 3 days on 12 April 2059 at 09:28.
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 ∠6° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1871"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1871" and ∠1912".
Pink Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2059 after 12 days on 27 April 2059 at 19:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 19 April 2059 at 16:37
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 27 April 2059 at 19:17
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 5 May 2059 at 01:29
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 11 May 2059 at 19:15
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 733 / 1686
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 733 of Meeus index or 1686 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
Length of current 733 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 47 minutes. It is 55 minutes shorter than next lunation 734 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 58 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 12 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠30°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠30°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠53.2°. 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
4 days after point of perigee on 10 April 2059 at 13:47 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 22 April 2059 at 12:03 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 383 122 km
Moon is 383 122 km (238 061 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 078 km (251 704 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 14 April 2059 at 19:11 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 29 April 2059 at 07:01 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
1 day 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 5 April 2059 at 06:01 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.541°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.607° in the next northern standstill on 17 April 2059 at 23:41 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 27 April 2059 at 19:17 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.