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Moon* ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 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 22 September 2019 at 02:41.
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 ∠16° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1915".
Hunter Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2019 after 16 days on 13 October 2019 at 21:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 28 September 2019 at 18:26
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 5 October 2019 at 16:47
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 13 October 2019 at 21:08
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 21 October 2019 at 12:39
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 243 / 1196
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 243 of Meeus index or 1196 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 49 minutes. It is 1 hour and 23 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 4 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠356.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠356.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠11.4°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 13 September 2019 at 13:32 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 September 2019 at 02:27 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 363 298 km
The Moon is 363 298 km (225 743 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 803 km (222 328 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 23 September 2019 at 06:30 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 5 October 2019 at 18:49 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, 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 23 September 2019 at 01:54 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.681°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.788° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 October 2019 at 16:01 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 28 September 2019 at 18:26 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.
