Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
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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 ♏ Scorpio.
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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 26 November 2040 at 21:07.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1887"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1887" and ∠1947".
Cold Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2040 after 16 days on 18 December 2040 at 12:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 December 2040 at 07:33
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 10 December 2040 at 23:30
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 18 December 2040 at 12:16
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 26 December 2040 at 17:02
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 505 / 1458
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 505 of Meeus index or 1458 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
Length of current 505 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 37 minutes. It is 1 hour and 2 minutes longer than next lunation 506 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 7 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 2 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠297°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠297°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠323.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of apogee on 24 November 2040 at 19:12 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 6 December 2040 at 13:20 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 379 849 km
Moon is 379 849 km (236 027 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 352 km (225 776 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after its ascending node on 18 November 2040 at 14:37 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 3 December 2040 at 01:02 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the first to the middle part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 22 November 2040 at 02:56 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.813°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.791° in the next southern standstill on 6 December 2040 at 01:37 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 4 December 2040 at 07:33 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.