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
Length of current 438 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 next lunation 439 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 5 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠354.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠354.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠9.1°. 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
1 day after point of perigee on 6 June 2035 at 11:36 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 20 June 2035 at 12:30 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 363 606 km
Moon is 363 606 km (225 934 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 401 km (252 526 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 30 May 2035 at 10:00 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 11 June 2035 at 20:42 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
22 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 10:40 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠18.820°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-18.862° in its southern standstill point on 21 June 2035 at 08:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
After 13 days on 20 June 2035 at 19:37 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.