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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 ♎ Libra.
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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 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1831"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1831" and ∠1923".
Hunter Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2061 after 16 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
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 763 / 1716
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 763 of Meeus index or 1716 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 4 minutes. It is 2 hours and 54 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 20 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 43 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠84.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠84.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠120.1°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 2 October 2061 at 13:00 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 18 October 2061 at 11:00 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 391 382 km
The Moon is 391 382 km (243 193 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 5 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 366 km (251 883 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♎ Libra at 16:05 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 14 days later on 27 October 2061 at 02:38 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
7 days since the previous standstill on 5 October 2061 at 08:08 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.627°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.607° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 October 2061 at 09:07 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 13 October 2061 at 10:41 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.
