Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 11% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 11% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 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 ∠19° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1928".
Beaver Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2041 after 17 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 26 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
The length of the 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 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 5 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 58 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠200.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠200.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠229.1°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 20 October 2041 at 16:08 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 15 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 5 November 2041 at 15:42 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 405 398 km
The Moon is 405 398 km (251 903 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 15 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 299 km (226 365 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 11 October 2041 at 01:30 in ♉ Taurus. 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 25 October 2041 at 09:31 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 15 October 2041 at 10:36 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.830°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.842° at the point of next southern standstill on 30 October 2041 at 01:24 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 25 October 2041 at 01:30 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.
