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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
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 20 September 2011 at 13:39.
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 passing about ∠19° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1959"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1959" and ∠1914".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2011 after 15 days on 12 October 2011 at 02:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 27 September 2011 at 11:09
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 4 October 2011 at 03:15
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 12 October 2011 at 02:06
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 20 October 2011 at 03:30
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 144 / 1097
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 144 of Meeus index or 1097 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.34 days
Length of current 144 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 5 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2011. It is 42 minutes shorter than next lunation 145 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 39 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 30 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠333.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠333.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠350.1°. 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
11 days after point of apogee on 15 September 2011 at 06:23 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 28 September 2011 at 01:01 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 365 967 km
Moon is 365 967 km (227 401 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 556 km (222 175 mi).
Moon before ascending node
6 days after its descending node on 19 September 2011 at 19:38 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 2 October 2011 at 09:09 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
21 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 19 September 2011 at 20:05 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠22.890°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-22.791° in the next southern standstill on 2 October 2011 at 11:38 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 27 September 2011 at 11:09 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.