Waxing
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 17% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and growing larger. The 4 days young Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 4 days on 31 October 2035 at 02:59.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1935".
Beaver Moon after 11 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2035 after 11 days on 15 November 2035 at 13:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 8 November 2035 at 05:50
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 15 November 2035 at 13:49
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 22 November 2035 at 05:16
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 29 November 2035 at 19:38
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 443 / 1396
The Moon is 4 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 443 of Meeus index or 1396 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.69 days
Length of current 443 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 39 minutes. It is 2 hours and 14 minutes shorter than next lunation 444 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 55 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 8 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠110.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠110.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠144.1°. 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 before apogee
14 days after point of perigee on 20 October 2035 at 19:38 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 5 November 2035 at 15:01 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 405 099 km
Moon is 405 099 km (251 717 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 052 km (251 688 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 26 October 2035 at 07:11 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 9 November 2035 at 14:55 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 23:10 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-19.089°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠19.182° in its northern standstill point on 18 November 2035 at 12:52 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 11 days
After 11 days on 15 November 2035 at 13:49 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.