Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 6% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 18 October 2068 at 00:00.
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 ∠2° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1929".
Beaver Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2068 after 16 days on 9 November 2068 at 11:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 26 October 2068 at 04:17
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 2 November 2068 at 20:38
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 9 November 2068 at 11:40
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 16 November 2068 at 17:33
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 850 / 1803
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 850 of Meeus index or 1803 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 29 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2068. It is 4 minutes longer 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 45 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 18 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠183.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠183.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠209.1°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 04:48. It is 12 days after previous perigee on 10 October 2068 at 11:20 in ♈ Aries. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next perigee on 7 November 2068 at 20:44 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 406 142 km
This apogee Moon is 406 142 km (252 365 mi) away from Earth. It is 734 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 567 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 13 October 2068 at 09:31 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 27 October 2068 at 18:44 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 15 October 2068 at 05:07 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠20.707°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 6 days to face maximum declination of ∠-20.659° at the point of next southern standstill on 29 October 2068 at 20:53 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 26 October 2068 at 04:17 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
