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Moon* ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 1% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
7 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 7 days on 25 September 2005 at 06:41.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♎ Libra later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1794"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1794" and ∠1918".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2005 after 15 days on 17 October 2005 at 12:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 3 October 2005 at 10:28
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 10 October 2005 at 19:01
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 17 October 2005 at 12:14
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 25 October 2005 at 01:17
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 70 / 1023
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 70 of Meeus index or 1023 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
Length of current 70 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 42 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2005. It is 45 minutes longer than next lunation 71 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 58 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 5 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠205.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠205.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠236.1°. 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 after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 28 September 2005 at 15:20 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 14 October 2005 at 13:50 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 399 643 km
Moon is 399 643 km (248 327 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 12 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 450 km (227 080 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after its ascending node on 19 September 2005 at 08:09 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 3 October 2005 at 16:51 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 25 September 2005 at 06:42 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.594°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.604° in the next southern standstill on 9 October 2005 at 16:42 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 3 October 2005 at 10:28 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.