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 ♎ Libra.
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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 23 November 2043 at 13:46.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1802"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1802" and ∠1945".
Cold Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2043 after 18 days on 16 December 2043 at 08:02.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 1 December 2043 at 14:37
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 9 December 2043 at 15:27
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 16 December 2043 at 08:02
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 23 December 2043 at 05:04
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 542 / 1495
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 542 of Meeus index or 1495 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
Length of current 542 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 40 minutes. It is 31 minutes shorter than next lunation 543 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 55 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 7 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠154°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠154°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠179.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 17 November 2043 at 09:11 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 1 December 2043 at 17:07 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 397 704 km
Moon is 397 704 km (247 122 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 4 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 706 km (252 715 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 25 November 2043 at 15:09 in ♍ Virgo, 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 10 December 2043 at 06:19 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 19 November 2043 at 05:40 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.494°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.421° in the next southern standstill on 3 December 2043 at 07:43 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 1 December 2043 at 14:37 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.