Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 16% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% 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 4 November 2042 at 15:51.
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 leaving the last ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♎ Libra later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1779"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1779" and ∠1937".
Beaver Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2042 after 18 days on 27 November 2042 at 06:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 12 November 2042 at 20:28
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 20 November 2042 at 14:31
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 27 November 2042 at 06:06
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 4 December 2042 at 09:19
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 529 / 1482
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 529 of Meeus index or 1482 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.77 days
Length of current 529 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 25 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2042. It is 24 minutes longer than next lunation 530 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 41 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 22 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠177.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠177.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠201.7°. 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 apogee
11 days after point of perigee on 28 October 2042 at 11:27 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 10 November 2042 at 12:15 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 402 959 km
Moon is 402 959 km (250 387 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 245 km (252 429 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 27 October 2042 at 16:01 in ♈ Aries, 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 10 November 2042 at 01:54 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
11 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 1 November 2042 at 17:22 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.455°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.390° in the next southern standstill on 16 November 2042 at 08:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 12 November 2042 at 20:28 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.