Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
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 13 November 2052 at 11:50.
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 ∠7° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1788"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1788" and ∠1942".
Cold Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2052 after 16 days on 6 December 2052 at 07:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 21 November 2052 at 09:02
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 29 November 2052 at 12:16
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 6 December 2052 at 07:18
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 13 December 2052 at 01:07
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 653 / 1606
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 653 of Meeus index or 1606 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
Length of current 653 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 59 minutes. It is 1 hour and 14 minutes shorter than next lunation 654 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 15 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 48 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠138.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠138.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠165.7°. 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 apogee
11 days after point of perigee on 7 November 2052 at 21:03 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 22 November 2052 at 23:40 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 400 822 km
Moon is 400 822 km (249 059 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 619 km (252 661 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 16 November 2052 at 18:46 in ♍ Virgo, 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 1 December 2052 at 09:24 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 9 November 2052 at 18:39 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.287°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.363° in the next southern standstill on 23 November 2052 at 20:41 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 21 November 2052 at 09:02 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.