Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
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 ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 19 November 2019 at 21:11.
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 is entering ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1948"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1948" and ∠1944".
Cold Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2019 after 17 days on 12 December 2019 at 05:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 26 November 2019 at 15:06
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 4 December 2019 at 06:58
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 12 December 2019 at 05:12
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 19 December 2019 at 04:57
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 245 / 1198
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 245 of Meeus index or 1198 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 27 minutes. It is 2 hours and 41 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 1 hour and 17 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 52 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠28.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠28.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠50.7°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 23 November 2019 at 07:54 in ♎ Libra. 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 5 December 2019 at 04:09 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 368 034 km
The Moon is 368 034 km (228 686 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 447 km (251 312 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after ascending node on 16 November 2019 at 08:48 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 29 November 2019 at 04:13 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
8 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 before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 16 November 2019 at 13:52 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.151°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.200° at the point of next southern standstill on 29 November 2019 at 10:36 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 26 November 2019 at 15:06 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
