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 11 June 2048 at 12:50.
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 ∠15° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1781"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1781" and ∠1889".
Strawberry Moon after 12 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2048 after 12 days on 26 June 2048 at 02:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 19 June 2048 at 10:49
- Full Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 26 June 2048 at 02:08
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 2 July 2048 at 23:58
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 11 July 2048 at 04:04
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 599 / 1552
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 599 of Meeus index or 1552 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 599 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour and 19 minutes longer than next lunation 600 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 30 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 33 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠186.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠186.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠210.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 10 June 2048 at 20:20 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 11 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 25 June 2048 at 09:51 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 402 546 km
Moon is 402 546 km (250 130 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 11 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 914 km (222 397 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 12 June 2048 at 01:40 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 25 June 2048 at 14:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days after previous North standstill on 11 June 2048 at 06:28 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠23.745°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-23.752° in the next southern standstill on 24 June 2048 at 23:22 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 12 days
After 12 days on 26 June 2048 at 02:08 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.