Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 34% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 34% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 25 November 2013 at 19:28.
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 ∠25° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1828"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1828" and ∠1945".
Cold Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2013 after 19 days on 17 December 2013 at 09:28.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 3 December 2013 at 00:22
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 9 December 2013 at 15:12
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 17 December 2013 at 09:28
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 25 December 2013 at 13:48
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 171 / 1124
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 171 of Meeus index or 1124 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
Length of current 171 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 32 minutes. It is 40 minutes longer than next lunation 172 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 12 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 57 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠315°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠315°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠336.4°. 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
5 days after point of apogee on 22 November 2013 at 09:50 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 December 2013 at 10:15 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 392 009 km
Moon is 392 009 km (243 583 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 065 km (223 734 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 16 November 2013 at 05:30 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 30 November 2013 at 16:59 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 19 November 2013 at 17:18 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.534°. Next 6 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.552° in the next southern standstill on 3 December 2013 at 16:38 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 3 December 2013 at 00:22 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.