Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 38% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 38% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 8 December 2058 at 04:51.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1792"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1792" and ∠1948".
Cold Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2058 after 20 days on 29 December 2058 at 20:25.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 December 2058 at 16:12
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 22 December 2058 at 08:27
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 29 December 2058 at 20:25
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 7 January 2059 at 01:06
Neap tide
There is low ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at big angle, so their combined tidal force is weak.
Lunation 728 / 1681
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 728 of Meeus index or 1681 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 2 minutes. It is 1 hour and 17 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 18 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 45 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠294°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠294°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠321.5°.
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 6 December 2058 at 07:43 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 24 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 3 January 2059 at 02:24 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 399 896 km
The Moon is 399 896 km (248 484 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 24 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 679 km (252 077 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 29 November 2058 at 23:07 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 14 December 2058 at 09:40 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days since the previous standstill on 2 December 2058 at 15:32 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.007°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.991° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 December 2058 at 18:17 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 15 December 2058 at 16:12 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.
