Waxing
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 6% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and growing larger. The 2 days 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 24 May 2009 at 12:11.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1894".
Strawberry Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2009 after 12 days on 7 June 2009 at 18:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 31 May 2009 at 03:22
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 7 June 2009 at 18:12
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 15 June 2009 at 22:15
- New Moon in Gemini ♊ on 22 June 2009 at 19:35
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 116 / 1069
The Moon is 2 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 116 of Meeus index or 1069 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 24 minutes. It is 24 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 20 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 49 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠332.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠332.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠349.4°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 03:44. It is 12 days after previous apogee on 14 May 2009 at 02:57 in ♑ Capricorn. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next apogee on 10 June 2009 at 16:04 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 361 155 km
This perigee Moon is 361 155 km (224 411 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 353 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 9 201 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 15 May 2009 at 07:13 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 May 2009 at 10:19 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, 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 25 May 2009 at 16:56 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.451°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.429° at the point of next southern standstill on 8 June 2009 at 02:03 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 7 June 2009 at 18:12 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.
