Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 28% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 28% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 23 December 2043 at 05:04.
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 leaving the last ∠1° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♏ Scorpio later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1795"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1795" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2044 after 20 days on 14 January 2044 at 18:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 31 December 2043 at 09:48
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 8 January 2044 at 04:02
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 January 2044 at 18:51
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 21 January 2044 at 23:47
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 543 / 1496
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 543 of Meeus index or 1496 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.8 days
Length of current 543 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 11 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2043. It is 55 minutes longer than next lunation 544 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 27 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 36 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠179.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠179.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠204.4°. 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
9 days after point of perigee on 15 December 2043 at 22:01 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 28 December 2043 at 19:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 399 275 km
Moon is 399 275 km (248 098 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 403 km (252 527 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 22 December 2043 at 16:01 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 6 January 2044 at 06:50 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
15 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 16 December 2043 at 16:08 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.409°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.400° in the next southern standstill on 30 December 2043 at 12:51 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 31 December 2043 at 09:48 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.