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 15 June 2007 at 03:13.
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 ∠13° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1896"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1896" and ∠1889".
Strawberry Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2007 after 14 days on 30 June 2007 at 13:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 22 June 2007 at 13:15
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 30 June 2007 at 13:49
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 7 July 2007 at 16:54
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 July 2007 at 12:04
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 92 / 1045
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 92 of Meeus index or 1045 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 92 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 51 minutes. It is 2 hours and 8 minutes shorter than next lunation 93 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 53 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 16 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠38.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠38.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠64.2°. 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
3 days after point of perigee on 12 June 2007 at 17:07 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 24 June 2007 at 14:25 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 378 134 km
Moon is 378 134 km (234 962 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 540 km (251 370 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 8 June 2007 at 00:35 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 20 June 2007 at 19:32 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
1 day after previous North standstill on 15 June 2007 at 08:31 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.212°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.215° in the next southern standstill on 29 June 2007 at 15:41 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 14 days
After 14 days on 30 June 2007 at 13:49 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.