Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 16% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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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 24 November 2070 at 20:20.
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 ∠20° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1831"
Lunar disc appears visually 6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1831" and ∠1945".
Cold Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Cold Moon of December 2070 after 19 days on 17 December 2070 at 16:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 2 December 2070 at 16:53
- First Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 10 December 2070 at 20:32
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 17 December 2070 at 16:05
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 24 December 2070 at 09:31
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 876 / 1829
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 876 of Meeus index or 1829 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 11 minutes. It is 1 hour and 11 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 5 hours and 27 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 36 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠134.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠134.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠163.2°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 19 November 2070 at 07:55 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 4 December 2070 at 13:36 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 391 365 km
The Moon is 391 365 km (243 183 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 585 km (252 640 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♎ Libra at 03:19 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 14 days later on 12 December 2070 at 18:04 in ♈ Aries.
New draconic month
At 03:19 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 20 November 2070 at 04:59 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.488°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-18.543° at the point of next southern standstill on 4 December 2070 at 00:15 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 2 December 2070 at 16:53 in ♐ Sagittarius 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.
