Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 31% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 31% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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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 11 December 2044 at 14:52.
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 ∠15° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1882"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1882" and ∠1949".
Wolf Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2045 after 20 days on 3 January 2045 at 10:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 19 December 2044 at 08:53
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 27 December 2044 at 14:00
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 3 January 2045 at 10:20
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 10 January 2045 at 03:32
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 555 / 1508
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 555 of Meeus index or 1508 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
Length of current 555 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 55 minutes. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes shorter than next lunation 556 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 11 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 52 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠126.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠126.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠156.9°. 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 after perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 6 December 2044 at 08:05 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 21 December 2044 at 20:29 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 380 768 km
Moon is 380 768 km (236 598 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 354 km (252 497 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 10 December 2044 at 12:32 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 24 December 2044 at 21:19 in ♒ Aquarius.
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
7 days after previous North standstill on 5 December 2044 at 19:56 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.056°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.031° in the next southern standstill on 19 December 2044 at 04:38 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 19 December 2044 at 08:53 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.