Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 9% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 24 September 2024 at 18:50.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1789"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1789" and ∠1916".
Hunter Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2024 after 17 days on 17 October 2024 at 11:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 2 October 2024 at 18:49
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 10 October 2024 at 18:55
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 17 October 2024 at 11:26
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 24 October 2024 at 08:03
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 305 / 1258
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 305 of Meeus index or 1258 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 54 minutes. It is 1 hour and 4 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 10 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 53 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠155.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠155.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠179.7°.
Moon before perigee
10 days after point of perigee on 18 September 2024 at 13:26 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 2 October 2024 at 19:40 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 400 551 km
The Moon is 400 551 km (248 891 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 517 km (252 598 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 18 September 2024 at 19:51 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 2 October 2024 at 11:52 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, 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 24 September 2024 at 17:04 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.695°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.684° at the point of next southern standstill on 9 October 2024 at 11:53 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 2 October 2024 at 18:49 in ♎ Libra 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.
