Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 18% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 18% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 16 October 2041 at 21:05.
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 ∠7° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1928".
Beaver Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2041 after 18 days on 8 November 2041 at 04:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 25 October 2041 at 01:30
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 1 November 2041 at 12:05
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 8 November 2041 at 04:43
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 15 November 2041 at 16:06
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 516 / 1469
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 516 of Meeus index or 1469 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
Length of current 516 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 49 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2041. It is 43 minutes longer than next lunation 517 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 5 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 58 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠200.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠200.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠229.1°. 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 in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 16:08, this is 12 days after last perigee on 8 October 2041 at 12:08 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 16 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 5 November 2041 at 15:42 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 405 544 km
This apogee Moon is 405 544 km (251 993 mi) away from Earth. It is 136 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 165 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
9 days after its ascending node on 11 October 2041 at 01:30 in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 25 October 2041 at 09:31 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
9 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 15 October 2041 at 10:36 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.830°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.842° in the next southern standstill on 30 October 2041 at 01:24 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 25 October 2041 at 01:30 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.