Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 12% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 17 September 2022 at 21:52.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1784"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1784" and ∠1912".
Hunter Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2022 after 17 days on 9 October 2022 at 20:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 25 September 2022 at 21:54
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 October 2022 at 00:14
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 9 October 2022 at 20:55
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 17 October 2022 at 17:15
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 280 / 1233
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 280 of Meeus index or 1233 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
Length of current 280 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 37 minutes. It is 43 minutes longer than next lunation 281 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 53 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 10 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠230.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠230.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠265.5°. 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 after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 19 September 2022 at 14:44 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 4 October 2022 at 17:01 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 401 862 km
Moon is 401 862 km (249 705 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 12 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 335 km (229 494 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 14 September 2022 at 14:49 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 28 September 2022 at 23:43 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
7 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
3 days after previous North standstill on 18 September 2022 at 22:10 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.316°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.411° in the next southern standstill on 2 October 2022 at 19:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 25 September 2022 at 21:54 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.