Waxing
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 3% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% 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 6 June 2035 at 03:21.
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 ∠6° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1890".
Strawberry Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2035 after 13 days on 20 June 2035 at 19:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 12 June 2035 at 19:50
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 20 June 2035 at 19:37
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 28 June 2035 at 18:43
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 5 July 2035 at 09:59
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 438 / 1391
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 438 of Meeus index or 1391 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.28 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 6 hours and 39 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2035. It is 33 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 5 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠354.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠354.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠9.1°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 6 June 2035 at 11:36 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 20 June 2035 at 12:30 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 363 606 km
The Moon is 363 606 km (225 934 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 401 km (252 526 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 30 May 2035 at 10:00 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 11 June 2035 at 20:42 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at northern standstill
At 10:40 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach North declination of ∠18.820°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend southward to face maximum declination of ∠-18.862° at the point of next standstill in ♑ Capricorn on 21 June 2035 at 08:16.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 20 June 2035 at 19:37 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.
