Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 17% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 25 October 2062 at 06:28.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠17° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1938"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1938" and ∠1932".
Beaver Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2062 after 19 days on 16 November 2062 at 20:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 1 November 2062 at 07:32
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 9 November 2062 at 06:50
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 November 2062 at 20:48
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 23 November 2062 at 13:58
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 776 / 1729
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 776 of Meeus index or 1729 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.53 days
Length of current 776 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 43 minutes. It is 2 hours and 45 minutes shorter than next lunation 777 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 minute shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 8 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠54.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠54.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠86.4°. 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
3 days after point of perigee on 24 October 2062 at 12:04 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 7 November 2062 at 23:42 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 369 782 km
Moon is 369 782 km (229 772 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 510 km (251 351 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♍ Virgo at 19:18 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet ascending node on 12 November 2062 at 01:21 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the middle to the last part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 22 October 2062 at 22:10 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.544°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.465° in the next southern standstill on 5 November 2062 at 05:18 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 1 November 2062 at 07:32 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.