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Moon ♍ Virgo
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 4% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 4% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 14 September 2055 at 05:14.
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 ∠4° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1954"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1954" and ∠1910".
Hunter Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2055 after 16 days on 5 October 2055 at 18:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 21 September 2055 at 02:19
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 27 September 2055 at 18:11
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 5 October 2055 at 18:38
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 13 October 2055 at 18:22
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 688 / 1641
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 688 of Meeus index or 1641 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.34 days
Length of current 688 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 5 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2055. It is 25 minutes shorter than next lunation 689 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 39 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 30 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠336.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠336.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠352.8°. 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 before perigee
10 days after point of apogee on 8 September 2055 at 13:59 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 September 2055 at 12:32 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 366 815 km
Moon is 366 815 km (227 928 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 315 km (222 025 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 17 September 2055 at 19:18 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 30 September 2055 at 10:30 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 15 September 2055 at 17:00 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠20.530°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-20.612° in the next southern standstill on 28 September 2055 at 05:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 21 September 2055 at 02:19 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.