Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 23% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 23% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 8 December 2020 at 00:37.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2020 after 19 days on 30 December 2020 at 03:28.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 14 December 2020 at 16:17
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 21 December 2020 at 23:41
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 30 December 2020 at 03:28
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 6 January 2021 at 09:37
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 258 / 1211
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 258 of Meeus index or 1211 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
Length of current 258 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 9 minutes. It is 1 hour and 35 minutes shorter than next lunation 259 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 35 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 34 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠12.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠12.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠30.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
13 days after point of apogee on 27 November 2020 at 00:29 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 12 December 2020 at 20:42 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 363 802 km
Moon is 363 802 km (226 056 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 777 km (224 798 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 1 December 2020 at 07:46 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 14 December 2020 at 11:03 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days after previous North standstill on 3 December 2020 at 01:22 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.882°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.879° in the next southern standstill on 15 December 2020 at 22:23 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 14 December 2020 at 16:17 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.