Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 16% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% 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 21 November 2046 at 06:10.
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 ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1944".
Cold Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2046 after 18 days on 13 December 2046 at 09:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 27 November 2046 at 21:50
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 5 December 2046 at 07:56
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 13 December 2046 at 09:55
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 20 December 2046 at 14:43
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 579 / 1532
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 579 of Meeus index or 1532 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
Length of current 579 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 33 minutes. It is 2 hours and 16 minutes shorter than next lunation 580 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 11 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 58 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠16.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠16.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠35.1°. 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 perigee
14 days after point of apogee on 9 November 2046 at 19:38 in ♓ Pisces. 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 25 November 2046 at 18:09 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 363 363 km
Moon is 363 363 km (225 783 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 050 km (225 589 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 18 November 2046 at 21:00 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 1 December 2046 at 12:55 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, 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 November 2046 at 01:54 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.076°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.048° in the next southern standstill on 28 November 2046 at 22:56 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 27 November 2046 at 21:50 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.