Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 27% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 27% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 3 November 2034 at 03:27.
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 ∠11° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1851"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1851" and ∠1936".
Beaver Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2034 after 20 days on 25 November 2034 at 22:32.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 11 November 2034 at 01:16
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 19 November 2034 at 04:01
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 25 November 2034 at 22:32
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 2 December 2034 at 16:46
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 430 / 1383
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 430 of Meeus index or 1383 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
Length of current 430 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 44 minutes. It is 1 hour and 14 minutes shorter than next lunation 431 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 3 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠141.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠141.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠168.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of perigee on 28 October 2034 at 10:16 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 12 November 2034 at 09:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 387 243 km
Moon is 387 243 km (240 622 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 644 km (252 677 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 24 October 2034 at 18:23 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 6 November 2034 at 10:15 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
26 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 31 October 2034 at 08:54 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.332°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.431° in the next southern standstill on 14 November 2034 at 17:11 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 11 November 2034 at 01:16 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.