Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 7% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 7% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 14 October 2006 at 00:25.
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 ∠4° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♎ Libra later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1927".
Beaver Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2006 after 17 days on 5 November 2006 at 12:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 22 October 2006 at 05:14
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 29 October 2006 at 21:25
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 5 November 2006 at 12:58
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 12 November 2006 at 17:45
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 83 / 1036
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 83 of Meeus index or 1036 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
Length of current 83 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 29 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2006. It is 25 minutes longer than next lunation 84 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 45 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 18 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠182.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠182.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠207.1°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 09:35, this is 12 days after last perigee on 6 October 2006 at 14:07 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 3 November 2006 at 23:50 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 406 075 km
This apogee Moon is 406 075 km (252 323 mi) away from Earth. It is 667 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 634 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♍ Virgo at 09:34 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 2 November 2006 at 06:55 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 12 October 2006 at 08:52 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.678°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.595° in the next southern standstill on 27 October 2006 at 02:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 22 October 2006 at 05:14 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.