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Moon ♍ Virgo
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 4% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 31 August 2002 at 02:31.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1935"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1935" and ∠1903".
Harvest Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2002 after 16 days on 21 September 2002 at 13:59.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 7 September 2002 at 03:10
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 13 September 2002 at 18:08
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 September 2002 at 13:59
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 29 September 2002 at 17:03
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 32 / 985
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 32 of Meeus index or 985 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 32 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 55 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2002. It is 12 minutes shorter than next lunation 33 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 49 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 20 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠324.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠324.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠343.1°. 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 before perigee
9 days after point of apogee on 26 August 2002 at 17:43 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 September 2002 at 03:14 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 370 526 km
Moon is 370 526 km (230 234 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 745 km (222 914 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 31 August 2002 at 14:43 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 13 September 2002 at 03:39 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
2 days after previous North standstill on 2 September 2002 at 16:03 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.282°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.377° in the next southern standstill on 15 September 2002 at 05:34 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 7 September 2002 at 03:10 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.