diff --git a/js/listeners/AnimatedPanZoomListener.ts b/js/listeners/AnimatedPanZoomListener.ts
index 8695b119b..31b135023 100644
--- a/js/listeners/AnimatedPanZoomListener.ts
+++ b/js/listeners/AnimatedPanZoomListener.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ import PhetioAction from '../../../tandem/js/PhetioAction.js';
 import { EventIO, Focus, FocusManager, globalKeyStateTracker, Intent, KeyboardDragListener, KeyboardUtils, KeyboardZoomUtils, KeyStateTracker, Mouse, MultiListenerPress, Node, PanZoomListener, PanZoomListenerOptions, PDOMPointer, PDOMUtils, Pointer, PressListener, scenery, SceneryEvent, Trail, TransformTracker } from '../imports.js';
 import optionize, { EmptySelfOptions } from '../../../phet-core/js/optionize.js';
 import Tandem from '../../../tandem/js/Tandem.js';
+import BooleanProperty from '../../../axon/js/BooleanProperty.js';
 
 // constants
 const MOVE_CURSOR = 'all-scroll';
@@ -102,6 +103,10 @@ class AnimatedPanZoomListener extends PanZoomListener {
   // to scale the target Node
   private trackpadGestureStartScale = 1;
 
+  // True when the listener is actively panning or zooming to the destination position and scale. Updated in the
+  // animation frame.
+  private readonly animatingProperty = new BooleanProperty( false );
+
   // A TransformTracker that will watch for changes to the targetNode's global transformation matrix, used to keep
   // the targetNode in view during animation.
   private _transformTracker: TransformTracker | null = null;
@@ -223,6 +228,8 @@ class AnimatedPanZoomListener extends PanZoomListener {
       // @ts-expect-error - Event type for this Safari specific event isn't available yet
       boundGestureChangeListener && window.removeEventListener( 'gestureChange', boundGestureChangeListener );
 
+      this.animatingProperty.dispose();
+
       if ( this._transformTracker ) {
         this._transformTracker.dispose();
       }
@@ -965,6 +972,8 @@ class AnimatedPanZoomListener extends PanZoomListener {
     const positionDirty = !destinationPosition.equalsEpsilon( sourcePosition, 0.1 );
     const scaleDirty = !Utils.equalsEpsilon( this.sourceScale, this.destinationScale, 0.001 );
 
+    this.animatingProperty.value = positionDirty || scaleDirty;
+
     // Only a MiddlePress can support animation while down
     if ( this._presses.length === 0 || this.middlePress !== null ) {
       if ( positionDirty ) {