Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 33% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 33% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 15 November 2041 at 16:06.
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 ∠15° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1941".
Cold Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2041 after 20 days on 7 December 2041 at 17:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 23 November 2041 at 17:36
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 30 November 2041 at 19:49
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 7 December 2041 at 17:42
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 15 December 2041 at 13:32
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 517 / 1470
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 517 of Meeus index or 1470 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 6 minutes. It is 1 hour and 36 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 3 hours and 22 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 41 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠229.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠229.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠265.9°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 10:08. It is 11 days after previous perigee on 5 November 2041 at 15:42 in ♈ Aries. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next perigee on 2 December 2041 at 16:20 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 404 651 km
This apogee Moon is 404 651 km (251 438 mi) away from Earth. It is 757 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 058 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 7 November 2041 at 12:05 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 21 November 2041 at 17:04 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
9 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
5 days since the previous standstill on 11 November 2041 at 19:44 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.827°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.785° at the point of next southern standstill on 26 November 2041 at 07:01 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 23 November 2041 at 17:36 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.
