Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 40% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 40% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 27 November 2021 at 12:28.
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 ∠18° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1878"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1878" and ∠1945".
Cold Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2021 after 20 days on 19 December 2021 at 04:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 December 2021 at 07:43
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 11 December 2021 at 01:36
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 19 December 2021 at 04:36
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 27 December 2021 at 02:24
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 270 / 1223
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 270 of Meeus index or 1223 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
Length of current 270 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 28 minutes. It is 22 minutes shorter than next lunation 271 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 16 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 53 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠342.3°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠342.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠358.3°. 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 before perigee
7 days after point of apogee on 21 November 2021 at 02:14 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 December 2021 at 10:01 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 381 769 km
Moon is 381 769 km (237 220 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 794 km (221 702 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 19 November 2021 at 17:59 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 3 December 2021 at 14:58 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 22 November 2021 at 22:43 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.342°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.331° in the next southern standstill on 6 December 2021 at 02:25 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 4 December 2021 at 07:43 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.