Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 21% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 21% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 3 October 2045 at 18:31.
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 ∠20° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1920".
Hunter Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2045 after 19 days on 25 October 2045 at 21:31.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 10 October 2045 at 10:37
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 17 October 2045 at 18:55
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 25 October 2045 at 21:31
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 2 November 2045 at 02:09
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 565 / 1518
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 565 of Meeus index or 1518 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
Length of current 565 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes shorter than next lunation 566 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 35 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 34 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠16.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠16.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠34.3°. 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
13 days after point of apogee on 22 September 2045 at 12:20 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 8 October 2045 at 08:16 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 363 366 km
Moon is 363 366 km (225 785 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 867 km (225 475 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 15:11 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 19 October 2045 at 23:03 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
3 days after previous North standstill on 2 October 2045 at 12:33 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.609°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.520° in the next southern standstill on 15 October 2045 at 06:40 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 10 October 2045 at 10:37 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.