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Moon ♍ Virgo
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 4% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 4 September 2045 at 10:03.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1906".
Harvest Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2045 after 16 days on 26 September 2045 at 06:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 11 September 2045 at 01:27
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 18 September 2045 at 01:30
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 26 September 2045 at 06:11
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 3 October 2045 at 18:31
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 564 / 1517
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 564 of Meeus index or 1517 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.33 days
Length of current 564 lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 48 minutes. It is 1 hour and 21 minutes shorter than next lunation 565 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 56 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 13 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠0.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠0.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠16.2°. 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 perigee
14 days after point of apogee on 26 August 2045 at 04:13 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 September 2045 at 02:20 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 363 333 km
Moon is 363 333 km (225 765 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 804 km (222 950 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 07:56 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 22 September 2045 at 19:34 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 5 September 2045 at 06:33 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.764°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.716° in the next southern standstill on 17 September 2045 at 22:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 11 September 2045 at 01:27 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.