Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 39% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 39% and getting smaller. The 23 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 4 November 2091 at 10:27.
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 ∠4° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♍ Virgo later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1900"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1900" and ∠1936".
Beaver Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2091 after 20 days on 26 November 2091 at 03:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 11 November 2091 at 03:42
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 17 November 2091 at 23:38
- Full Moon in Gemini ♊ on 26 November 2091 at 03:43
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 3 December 2091 at 22:55
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 1135 / 2088
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1135 of Meeus index or 2088 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
Length of current 1135 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 13 minutes. It is 59 minutes shorter than next lunation 1136 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 31 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 38 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠349.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠349.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠4.7°. 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 before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 27 October 2091 at 22:34 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 10 November 2091 at 21:06 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 377 310 km
Moon is 377 310 km (234 450 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 866 km (221 746 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♌ Leo at 17:50 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 18 November 2091 at 04:24 in ♒ Aquarius.
New draconic month
At 17:50 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 1 November 2091 at 15:30 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.224°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.311° in the next southern standstill on 14 November 2091 at 09:21 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 11 November 2091 at 03:42 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.