Waxing
Crescent ♌ Leo
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 5 July 2035 at 09:59.
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 ∠0° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1959"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1959" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2035 after 13 days on 20 July 2035 at 10:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 12 July 2035 at 07:33
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 20 July 2035 at 10:37
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 July 2035 at 02:55
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 3 August 2035 at 17:12
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 439 / 1392
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 439 of Meeus index or 1392 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.3 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 12 minutes. It is 1 hour and 36 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 5 hours and 32 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 37 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠9.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠9.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠25.6°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 4 July 2035 at 21:00 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 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 17 July 2035 at 17:31 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 365 980 km
The Moon is 365 980 km (227 409 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 005 km (252 280 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 26 June 2035 at 11:14 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 9 July 2035 at 01:03 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
24 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 after northern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 4 July 2035 at 22:29 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.843°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.832° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 July 2035 at 15:35 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 20 July 2035 at 10:37 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.
