Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 3% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 25 November 2051 at 04:02.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1770"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1946".
Cold Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2051 after 16 days on 17 December 2051 at 16:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 3 December 2051 at 09:37
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 11 December 2051 at 00:07
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 17 December 2051 at 16:05
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 24 December 2051 at 23:21
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 641 / 1594
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 641 of Meeus index or 1594 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
Length of current 641 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 38 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2051. It is 1 hour and 9 minutes longer than next lunation 642 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 54 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 9 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠187.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠187.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠214.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 29 November 2051 at 23:42 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 14 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 15 December 2051 at 19:57 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 404 895 km
Moon is 404 895 km (251 590 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 14 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 745 km (224 778 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 29 November 2051 at 08:08 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 13 December 2051 at 08:09 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 20 November 2051 at 02:16 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.736°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.781° in the next southern standstill on 4 December 2051 at 11:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 3 December 2051 at 09:37 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.