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Moon* ♍ Virgo
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Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 9 September 2058 at 18:07.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠8° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1778"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1778" and ∠1909".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2058 after 15 days on 2 October 2058 at 01:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 17 September 2058 at 22:17
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 25 September 2058 at 10:14
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 2 October 2058 at 01:36
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 9 October 2058 at 11:41
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 725 / 1678
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 725 of Meeus index or 1678 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 725 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 14 minutes. It is 27 minutes longer than next lunation 726 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 30 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 33 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠196°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠196°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠223°. 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
2 days after point of apogee on 13 September 2058 at 22:43 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 29 September 2058 at 18:56 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 403 114 km
Moon is 403 114 km (250 483 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 13 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 283 km (225 734 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 9 September 2058 at 03:37 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 23 September 2058 at 15:09 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 11 September 2058 at 14:56 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.586°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.727° in the next southern standstill on 25 September 2058 at 22:35 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 17 September 2058 at 22:17 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.