Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 5% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 19 September 2030 at 19:56.
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 ∠8° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1861"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1861" and ∠1914".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2030 after 15 days on 11 October 2030 at 10:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 27 September 2030 at 09:55
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 4 October 2030 at 03:56
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 11 October 2030 at 10:47
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 19 October 2030 at 14:50
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 379 / 1332
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 379 of Meeus index or 1332 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 47 minutes. It is 25 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠279.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠279.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠310.2°.
Moon before apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 18 September 2030 at 18:09 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 30 September 2030 at 15:39 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 385 169 km
The Moon is 385 169 km (239 333 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 348 km (227 638 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 18 September 2030 at 10:12 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 1 October 2030 at 22:00 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 19 September 2030 at 02:24 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.208°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.097° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 October 2030 at 13:26 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 27 September 2030 at 09:55 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.
