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Moon ♎ Libra
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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 ♍ 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 2 October 2018 at 09:45.
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 ∠22° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1942"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1942" and ∠1920".
Hunter Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2018 after 17 days on 24 October 2018 at 16:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 9 October 2018 at 03:47
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 16 October 2018 at 18:02
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 24 October 2018 at 16:45
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 31 October 2018 at 16:40
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 231 / 1184
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 231 of Meeus index or 1184 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 45 minutes. It is 2 hours and 30 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 59 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 10 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠28°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠28°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠49.6°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 5 October 2018 at 22:29 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 17 October 2018 at 19:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 369 135 km
The Moon is 369 135 km (229 370 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 227 km (251 175 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 4 October 2018 at 03:10 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 17 October 2018 at 12:03 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 2 October 2018 at 13:03 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.037°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-21.154° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 October 2018 at 17:26 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 9 October 2018 at 03:47 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.
