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Moon* ♍ Virgo
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 28 August 2013 at 09:35.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1806"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1806" and ∠1903".
Harvest Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2013 after 14 days on 19 September 2013 at 11:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 5 September 2013 at 11:36
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 September 2013 at 17:08
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 19 September 2013 at 11:13
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 September 2013 at 03:56
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 168 / 1121
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 168 of Meeus index or 1121 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 45 minutes. It is 47 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 1 minute longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 2 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠216.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠216.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠249.2°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 30 August 2013 at 23:46 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 15 September 2013 at 16:34 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 396 942 km
The Moon is 396 942 km (246 648 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 11 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 388 km (228 284 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 26 August 2013 at 08:19 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 9 September 2013 at 17:29 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 29 August 2013 at 17:03 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.801°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.685° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 September 2013 at 18:30 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 5 September 2013 at 11:36 in ♍ Virgo 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.
