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 31 May 2049 at 14:00.
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 ∠4° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1892".
Strawberry Moon after 13 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2049 after 13 days on 15 June 2049 at 19:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 8 June 2049 at 17:56
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 June 2049 at 19:26
- Last Quarter in Aries ♈ on 22 June 2049 at 09:41
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 30 June 2049 at 04:50
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 611 / 1564
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 611 of Meeus index or 1564 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 50 minutes. It is 27 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 6 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 57 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠136.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠136.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠162.9°.
Moon before perigee
13 days after point of perigee on 19 May 2049 at 19:18 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 4 June 2049 at 14:39 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 403 969 km
The Moon is 403 969 km (251 015 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 617 km (252 039 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after descending node on 31 May 2049 at 11:41 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 14 June 2049 at 17:59 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, 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 1 June 2049 at 04:32 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.085°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.089° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 June 2049 at 07:58 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 13 days
In 13 days on 15 June 2049 at 19:26 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.
