Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 27% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 27% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 4 October 2083 at 01:07.
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 passing about ∠11° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1819"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1819" and ∠1920".
Hunter Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2083 after 19 days on 25 October 2083 at 14:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 11 October 2083 at 10:23
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 18 October 2083 at 01:54
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 25 October 2083 at 14:36
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 2 November 2083 at 19:30
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 1035 / 1988
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1035 of Meeus index or 1988 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 16 minutes. It is 24 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠299.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠299.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠325°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 1 October 2083 at 17:48 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 13 October 2083 at 13:59 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 393 994 km
The Moon is 393 994 km (244 817 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 362 926 km (225 512 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 02:37 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 12 days later on 18 October 2083 at 19:32 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days since the previous standstill on 2 October 2083 at 11:05 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.664°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-26.557° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 October 2083 at 18:28 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 11 October 2083 at 10:23 in ♎ Libra 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.
