Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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
The length of the 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 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 54 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 9 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠187.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠187.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠214.3°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 29 November 2051 at 23:42 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 15 December 2051 at 19:57 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 404 895 km
The Moon is 404 895 km (251 590 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 14 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 745 km (224 778 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 29 November 2051 at 08:08 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 13 December 2051 at 08:09 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 20 November 2051 at 02:16 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.736°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.781° at the point of next southern standstill on 4 December 2051 at 11:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 3 December 2051 at 09:37 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.
