Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 7% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 7% 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 10 October 2039 at 08:59.
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 ∠1871"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1871" and ∠1925".
Hunter Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2039 after 16 days on 31 October 2039 at 22:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 17 October 2039 at 19:09
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 24 October 2039 at 11:50
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 31 October 2039 at 22:36
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 9 November 2039 at 03:46
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 491 / 1444
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 491 of Meeus index or 1444 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 46 minutes. It is 9 minutes longer 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 58 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 11 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠294.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠294.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠321.1°.
Moon before apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 8 October 2039 at 10:06 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 20 October 2039 at 05:11 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 383 067 km
The Moon is 383 067 km (238 027 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 363 947 km (226 146 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 7 October 2039 at 15:37 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 21 October 2039 at 04:37 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 9 October 2039 at 20:04 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.247°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.344° at the point of next southern standstill on 23 October 2039 at 01:02 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 17 October 2039 at 19:09 in ♎ Libra 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.
