Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 34% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 34% 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 3 December 2061 at 22:12.
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 ∠3° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1853"
Lunar disc appears visually 5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1853" and ∠1947".
Cold Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2061 after 21 days on 26 December 2061 at 16:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 December 2061 at 22:32
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 19 December 2061 at 23:58
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 26 December 2061 at 16:53
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 2 January 2062 at 13:21
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 765 / 1718
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 765 of Meeus index or 1718 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
Length of current 765 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 53 minutes. It is 27 minutes shorter than next lunation 766 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 9 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 54 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠151.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠151.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠176.8°. 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 before apogee
7 days after point of perigee on 27 November 2061 at 19:57 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 12 December 2061 at 07:27 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 386 840 km
Moon is 386 840 km (240 371 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 709 km (252 717 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♎ Libra at 23:41 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 15 days to meet ascending node on 20 December 2061 at 15:02 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
6 days after previous North standstill on 28 November 2061 at 23:49 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.441°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.385° in the next southern standstill on 12 December 2061 at 21:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 11 December 2061 at 22:32 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.