Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 11% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 11% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 3 October 2026 at 13:25.
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 ∠5° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1916"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1916" and ∠1920".
Hunter Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2026 after 18 days on 26 October 2026 at 04:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 10 October 2026 at 15:50
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 18 October 2026 at 16:13
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 26 October 2026 at 04:12
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 1 November 2026 at 20:28
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 330 / 1283
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 330 of Meeus index or 1283 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.52 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 23 minutes. It is 2 hours and 49 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 21 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 48 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠61.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠61.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠94.5°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 1 October 2026 at 20:41 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 16 October 2026 at 22:56 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 374 078 km
The Moon is 374 078 km (232 441 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 639 km (251 431 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 01:19 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 21 October 2026 at 08:53 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 2 October 2026 at 11:35 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.989°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.892° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 October 2026 at 02:45 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 10 October 2026 at 15:50 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.
