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Moon ♎ Libra
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 3% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 15 October 2033 at 04:47.
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 passing about ∠9° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1928".
Beaver Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2033 after 16 days on 6 November 2033 at 20:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 23 October 2033 at 07:28
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 31 October 2033 at 04:46
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 6 November 2033 at 20:32
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 13 November 2033 at 20:09
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 417 / 1370
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 417 of Meeus index or 1370 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 49 minutes. It is 22 minutes shorter 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 5 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 58 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠166.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠166.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠190.3°.
Moon before perigee
12 days after point of perigee on 8 October 2033 at 12:11 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 22 October 2033 at 03:15 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 405 198 km
The Moon is 405 198 km (251 778 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 439 km (252 549 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♎ Libra at 19:04 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 14 days later on 4 November 2033 at 16:35 in ♈ Aries.
New draconic month
At 19:04 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 13 October 2033 at 07:00 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.284°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.327° at the point of next southern standstill on 27 October 2033 at 23:48 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 23 October 2033 at 07:28 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
