Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
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 ♎ Libra.
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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 9 November 2039 at 03:46.
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 leaving the last ∠2° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♏ Scorpio later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1927"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1927" and ∠1940".
Beaver Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2039 after 16 days on 30 November 2039 at 16:49.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 16 November 2039 at 05:46
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 22 November 2039 at 21:17
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 30 November 2039 at 16:49
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 8 December 2039 at 20:44
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 492 / 1445
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 492 of Meeus index or 1445 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 37 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2039. It is 9 minutes shorter 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 2 hours and 7 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 2 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠321.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠321.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠340.7°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 5 November 2039 at 04:29 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 17 November 2039 at 09:19 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 372 065 km
The Moon is 372 065 km (231 190 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 171 km (223 179 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 3 November 2039 at 19:55 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 17 November 2039 at 12:34 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
10 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 before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 6 November 2039 at 03:44 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.428°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.460° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 November 2039 at 08:56 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 16 November 2039 at 05:46 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
