Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 19% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 19% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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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 30 September 2048 at 02:45.
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 ∠19° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1807"
Lunar disc appears visually 6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1807" and ∠1918".
Hunter Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2048 after 18 days on 21 October 2048 at 18:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 7 October 2048 at 17:45
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 14 October 2048 at 12:20
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 21 October 2048 at 18:25
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 29 October 2048 at 22:15
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 602 / 1555
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 602 of Meeus index or 1555 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 21 minutes. It is 28 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 23 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 46 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠276°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠276°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠307.5°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 29 September 2048 at 06:20 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 11 October 2048 at 04:52 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 396 583 km
The Moon is 396 583 km (246 425 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 937 km (228 004 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 28 September 2048 at 18:16 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 12 October 2048 at 07:07 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 28 September 2048 at 11:46 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.189°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.082° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 October 2048 at 03:48 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 7 October 2048 at 17:45 in ♎ Libra the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
