Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 25% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 25% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 6 October 2061 at 02:57.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1922"
Lunar disc appears visually 0% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1922" and ∠1921".
Hunter Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2061 after 20 days on 28 October 2061 at 20:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 13 October 2061 at 10:41
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 21 October 2061 at 14:24
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 28 October 2061 at 20:12
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 4 November 2061 at 10:53
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 763 / 1716
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 763 of Meeus index or 1716 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
Length of current 763 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 4 minutes. It is 2 hours and 54 minutes shorter than next lunation 764 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 20 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 43 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠84.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠84.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠120.1°. 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 after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 2 October 2061 at 13:00 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 18 October 2061 at 11:00 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 373 015 km
Moon is 373 015 km (231 781 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 9 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 366 km (251 883 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 29 September 2061 at 16:29 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 12 October 2061 at 16:05 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 5 October 2061 at 08:08 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.627°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.607° in the next southern standstill on 19 October 2061 at 09:07 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 13 October 2061 at 10:41 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.