Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 42% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 42% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 21 December 2035 at 16:29.
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 ∠10° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1882"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1882" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2036 after 21 days on 13 January 2036 at 11:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 29 December 2035 at 14:31
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 6 January 2036 at 17:48
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 13 January 2036 at 11:16
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 20 January 2036 at 06:46
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 444 / 1397
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 444 of Meeus index or 1397 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
Length of current 444 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes. It is 53 minutes shorter than next lunation 445 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 54 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠144.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠144.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠171°. 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 after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 15 December 2035 at 19:38 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 30 December 2035 at 15:44 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 380 820 km
Moon is 380 820 km (236 631 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 575 km (252 634 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 19 December 2035 at 09:33 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 2 January 2036 at 18:21 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 15 December 2035 at 23:54 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.300°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.326° in the next southern standstill on 29 December 2035 at 15:02 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 29 December 2035 at 14:31 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.