Waxing
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 1% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and growing larger. The 1 day young Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 3 August 2035 at 17:12.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠23° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1935"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1935" and ∠1891".
Sturgeon Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2035 after 14 days on 19 August 2035 at 01:00.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 10 August 2035 at 21:52
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 19 August 2035 at 01:00
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 26 August 2035 at 09:08
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 2 September 2035 at 01:59
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 440 / 1393
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 440 of Meeus index or 1393 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 48 minutes. It is 2 hours and 19 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 3 hours and 56 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 13 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠25.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠25.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠46.4°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 2 August 2035 at 04:06 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 14 August 2035 at 06:09 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 370 421 km
The Moon is 370 421 km (230 169 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 130 km (251 736 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 23 July 2035 at 13:46 in ♒ Aquarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 August 2035 at 09:20 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
26 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
3 days since the previous standstill on 1 August 2035 at 09:14 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.787°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.761° at the point of next southern standstill on 14 August 2035 at 22:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 14 days
In 14 days on 19 August 2035 at 01:00 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
