Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
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 ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 21 November 2016 at 08:33.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠14° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1945".
Cold Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2016 after 16 days on 14 December 2016 at 00:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 29 November 2016 at 12:18
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 7 December 2016 at 09:03
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 14 December 2016 at 00:06
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 December 2016 at 01:56
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 208 / 1161
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 208 of Meeus index or 1161 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
Length of current 208 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 40 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2016. It is 5 minutes longer than next lunation 209 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 56 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 7 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠170.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠170.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠194.9°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 20:08, this is 13 days after last perigee on 14 November 2016 at 11:23 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 12 December 2016 at 23:27 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 406 556 km
This apogee Moon is 406 556 km (252 622 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 148 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 153 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 22 November 2016 at 02:48 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 6 December 2016 at 17:35 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
5 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 17 November 2016 at 09:32 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.814°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.908° in the next southern standstill on 1 December 2016 at 19:56 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 29 November 2016 at 12:18 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.