Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 6% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% 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 4 October 2015 at 21:06.
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 ∠20° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1922".
Hunter Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2015 after 17 days on 27 October 2015 at 12:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 13 October 2015 at 00:06
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 20 October 2015 at 20:31
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 27 October 2015 at 12:05
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 3 November 2015 at 12:24
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 194 / 1147
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 194 of Meeus index or 1147 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 24 minutes. It is 17 minutes shorter 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 4 hours and 40 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠169.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠169.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠192.9°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 28 September 2015 at 01:46 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 11 October 2015 at 13:17 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 404 759 km
The Moon is 404 759 km (251 506 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 389 km (252 518 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 27 September 2015 at 21:04 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 11 October 2015 at 10:54 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 3 October 2015 at 23:55 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.140°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.190° at the point of next southern standstill on 18 October 2015 at 18:31 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 13 October 2015 at 00:06 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.
