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Moon ♎ Libra
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 4% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 2 October 2037 at 10:29.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠22° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1920".
Hunter Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2037 after 16 days on 24 October 2037 at 04:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 9 October 2037 at 02:34
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 16 October 2037 at 00:15
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 24 October 2037 at 04:36
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 31 October 2037 at 21:06
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 466 / 1419
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 466 of Meeus index or 1419 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.34 days
Length of current 466 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 9 minutes. It is 1 hour and 20 minutes shorter than next lunation 467 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 35 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 34 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠354.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠354.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠9.6°. 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 perigee
13 days after point of apogee on 24 September 2037 at 03:44 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 October 2037 at 13:04 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 363 457 km
Moon is 363 457 km (225 842 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 513 km (222 148 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 3 October 2037 at 15:23 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 October 2037 at 03:12 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 2 October 2037 at 13:57 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠21.695°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-21.804° in the next southern standstill on 15 October 2037 at 02:33 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 9 October 2037 at 02:34 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.