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Moon ♎ Libra
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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 ♎ Libra.
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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 11 October 2009 at 08:56.
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 is entering ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1922"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1922" and ∠1925".
Beaver Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2009 after 17 days on 2 November 2009 at 19:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 18 October 2009 at 05:33
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 26 October 2009 at 00:42
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 2 November 2009 at 19:14
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 9 November 2009 at 15:56
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 120 / 1073
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 120 of Meeus index or 1073 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 49 minutes. It is 2 hours and 52 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠39.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠39.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠65.2°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 13 October 2009 at 12:28 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 25 October 2009 at 23:18 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 372 954 km
The Moon is 372 954 km (231 743 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 168 km (251 138 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 11 October 2009 at 23:01 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 25 October 2009 at 08:52 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 9 October 2009 at 09:49 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.057°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.951° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 October 2009 at 12:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 18 October 2009 at 05:33 in ♎ Libra the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
