Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 15% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 15% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 4 December 2042 at 09:19.
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 is entering ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1948".
Cold Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2042 after 18 days on 26 December 2042 at 17:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 December 2042 at 14:29
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 20 December 2042 at 00:28
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 26 December 2042 at 17:43
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 3 January 2043 at 06:08
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 530 / 1483
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 530 of Meeus index or 1483 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
Length of current 530 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 1 minute. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes longer than next lunation 531 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 17 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 46 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠201.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠201.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠232°. 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 00:37, this is 12 days after last perigee on 25 November 2042 at 22:40 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 15 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 24 December 2042 at 02:12 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 405 435 km
This apogee Moon is 405 435 km (251 926 mi) away from Earth. It is 27 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 274 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 7 December 2042 at 05:37 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 21 December 2042 at 04:46 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 29 November 2042 at 03:21 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.344°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.294° in the next southern standstill on 13 December 2042 at 13:29 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 12 December 2042 at 14:29 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.