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 21 June 2020 at 06:41.
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 ∠1870"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1870" and ∠1888".
Buck Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2020 after 12 days on 5 July 2020 at 04:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 28 June 2020 at 08:16
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 5 July 2020 at 04:44
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 12 July 2020 at 23:29
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 20 July 2020 at 17:33
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 253 / 1206
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 253 of Meeus index or 1206 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 52 minutes. It is 1 hour and 43 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 1 hour and 53 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 17 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠263.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠263.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠296.9°.
Moon after apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 15 June 2020 at 00:56 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 30 June 2020 at 02:09 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 383 369 km
The Moon is 383 369 km (238 214 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 368 958 km (229 260 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after ascending node on 21 June 2020 at 04:24 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 4 July 2020 at 03:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
1 day since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at northern standstill
At 03:56 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠24.070°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-24.064° at the point of next standstill in ♑ Capricorn on 5 July 2020 at 01:37.
Syzygy in 12 days
In 12 days on 5 July 2020 at 04:44 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.
