Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 32% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 32% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♋ Cancer.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 10 September 2001 at 19:00.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises after midnight to early morning and sets in the afternoon. It is visible in the early morning low to the east.
Moon in ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1936"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1936" and ∠1907".
Hunter Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2001 after 20 days on 2 October 2001 at 13:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 17 September 2001 at 10:27
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 24 September 2001 at 09:31
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 2 October 2001 at 13:49
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 10 October 2001 at 04:20
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 20 / 973
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 20 of Meeus index or 973 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.31 days
Length of current 20 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 32 minutes. It is 1 hour and 24 minutes shorter than next lunation 21 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 12 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 57 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠358.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠358.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠13.2°. 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 perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 1 September 2001 at 23:26 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 16 September 2001 at 15:50 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 370 169 km
Moon is 370 169 km (230 012 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 128 km (222 530 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 11 September 2001 at 21:36 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 24 September 2001 at 10:28 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 12:19 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠23.677°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-23.780° in its southern standstill point on 25 September 2001 at 05:14 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 17 September 2001 at 10:27 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.