Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 18% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 18% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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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 7 December 2031 at 03:20.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♏ Scorpio later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1862"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1862" and ∠1949".
Cold Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2031 after 18 days on 28 December 2031 at 17:33.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 14 December 2031 at 09:06
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 21 December 2031 at 00:00
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 28 December 2031 at 17:33
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 5 January 2032 at 22:04
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 394 / 1347
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 394 of Meeus index or 1347 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.5 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 56 minutes. It is 55 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 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠312.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠312.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠334.7°.
Moon before apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 3 December 2031 at 22:35 in ♌ Leo. 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 15 December 2031 at 21:31 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 385 043 km
The Moon is 385 043 km (239 255 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 489 km (223 997 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 27 November 2031 at 14:01 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 12 December 2031 at 01:37 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 30 November 2031 at 00:08 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠20.350°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.356° at the point of next southern standstill on 14 December 2031 at 04:45 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 14 December 2031 at 09:06 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.
