Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 30% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 30% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 26 October 2089 at 16:06.
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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1932".
Beaver Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2089 after 20 days on 18 November 2089 at 03:02.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 2 November 2089 at 12:55
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 10 November 2089 at 07:28
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 18 November 2089 at 03:02
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 24 November 2089 at 23:18
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 1110 / 2063
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 1110 of Meeus index or 2063 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
Length of current 1110 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 40 minutes. It is 2 hours and 37 minutes shorter than next lunation 1111 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 4 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 5 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠38.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠38.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠64.1°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 23:05, this is 15 days after last apogee on 13 October 2089 at 11:47 in ♒ Aquarius. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 10 November 2089 at 07:48 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 368 917 km
This perigee Moon is 368 917 km (229 234 mi) away from Earth. It is 6 409 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 1 439 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 18 October 2089 at 03:46 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 31 October 2089 at 06:06 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
24 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
4 days after previous North standstill on 24 October 2089 at 02:33 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠18.262°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-18.316° in the next southern standstill on 6 November 2089 at 03:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 2 November 2089 at 12:55 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.