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Moon* ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 1% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% 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 28 September 2059 at 12:54.
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 ∠0° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1919".
Hunter Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2059 after 15 days on 21 October 2059 at 02:15.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 6 October 2059 at 15:50
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 14 October 2059 at 11:38
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 21 October 2059 at 02:15
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 28 October 2059 at 04:31
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 738 / 1691
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 738 of Meeus index or 1691 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 49 minutes. It is 33 minutes shorter 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 4 hours and 5 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 58 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠173.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠173.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠197.3°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 4 October 2059 at 18:25 in ♍ Virgo. 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 19 October 2059 at 23:09 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 405 411 km
The Moon is 405 411 km (251 911 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 14 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 009 km (223 078 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 25 September 2059 at 01:07 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 9 October 2059 at 12:05 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
10 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 28 September 2059 at 16:57 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.089°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.180° at the point of next southern standstill on 13 October 2059 at 11:22 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 6 October 2059 at 15:50 in ♎ Libra 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.
