Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 10% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 10% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 27 September 2051 at 01:22.
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 is entering ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1814"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1814" and ∠1917".
Hunter Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2051 after 18 days on 19 October 2051 at 19:13.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 4 October 2051 at 20:47
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 October 2051 at 00:12
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 19 October 2051 at 19:13
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 26 October 2051 at 12:39
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 639 / 1592
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 639 of Meeus index or 1592 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.68 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour and 58 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 29 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 33 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠137°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠137°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠163.9°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 21 September 2051 at 12:20 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 6 October 2051 at 15:34 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 395 055 km
The Moon is 395 055 km (245 476 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 415 km (252 535 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after descending node on 22 September 2051 at 03:59 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 5 October 2051 at 20:55 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, 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 26 September 2051 at 07:36 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.704°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.669° at the point of next southern standstill on 10 October 2051 at 22:36 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 4 October 2051 at 20:47 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.
