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 2070 at 11:08.
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 ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1899".
Flower Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2070 after 13 days on 25 May 2070 at 01:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 17 May 2070 at 02:30
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 25 May 2070 at 01:37
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 2 June 2070 at 01:26
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 8 June 2070 at 18:24
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 870 / 1823
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 870 of Meeus index or 1823 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 16 minutes. It is 26 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠350.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠350.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠5.3°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 01:00. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 28 April 2070 at 06:11 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next apogee on 25 May 2070 at 10:55 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 357 790 km
This perigee Moon is 357 790 km (222 320 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 718 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 12 566 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 8 May 2070 at 19:39 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 21 May 2070 at 18:54 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 29 April 2070 at 10:16 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.761°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠18.793° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 May 2070 at 15:52 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 25 May 2070 at 01:37 in ♐ Sagittarius the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
