Waxing
Crescent ♋ Cancer
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 ♋ Cancer.
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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 17 June 2004 at 20:27.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2004 after 12 days on 2 July 2004 at 11:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 25 June 2004 at 19:08
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 2 July 2004 at 11:09
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 9 July 2004 at 07:34
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 17 July 2004 at 11:24
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 55 / 1008
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 55 of Meeus index or 1008 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 57 minutes. It is 57 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 13 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 50 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠181.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠181.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠205.1°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 17 June 2004 at 16:02 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 July 2004 at 23:00 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 403 954 km
The Moon is 403 954 km (251 005 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 450 km (222 109 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after ascending node on 13 June 2004 at 22:49 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 June 2004 at 08:37 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
5 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 18 June 2004 at 15:35 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.532°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.538° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 July 2004 at 03:43 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 2 July 2004 at 11:09 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
