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Moon* ♍ Virgo
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 ♌ Leo.
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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 27 August 2081 at 14:08.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♍ Virgo later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1902".
Harvest Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2081 after 15 days on 18 September 2081 at 03:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 September 2081 at 09:01
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 September 2081 at 02:21
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 18 September 2081 at 03:45
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 26 September 2081 at 01:30
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 1009 / 1962
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 1009 of Meeus index or 1962 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.32 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 7 hours and 38 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2081. It is 44 minutes shorter 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 3 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠341.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠341.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠357.1°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 21 August 2081 at 05:57 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 3 September 2081 at 13:09 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 364 191 km
The Moon is 364 191 km (226 298 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 254 km (221 987 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 21 August 2081 at 00:00 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 3 September 2081 at 14:55 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 29 August 2081 at 07:15 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.537°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.547° at the point of next southern standstill on 10 September 2081 at 20:08 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 3 September 2081 at 09:01 in ♍ Virgo 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.
