Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
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 22 November 2035 at 05:16.
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 ∠13° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1870"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1870" and ∠1944".
Cold Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2035 after 19 days on 15 December 2035 at 00:33.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 29 November 2035 at 19:38
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 8 December 2035 at 01:05
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 15 December 2035 at 00:33
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 21 December 2035 at 16:29
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 443 / 1396
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 443 of Meeus index or 1396 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.69 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 39 minutes. It is 2 hours and 14 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 55 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 8 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠110.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠110.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠144.1°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 17 November 2035 at 11:30 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 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 3 December 2035 at 08:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 383 266 km
The Moon is 383 266 km (238 150 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 041 km (252 302 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after ascending node on 22 November 2035 at 07:40 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 6 December 2035 at 16:36 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
3 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 18 November 2035 at 12:52 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.182°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.270° at the point of next southern standstill on 2 December 2035 at 07:25 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 29 November 2035 at 19:38 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.
