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Moon ♍ Virgo
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Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 3% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and getting smaller. The 27 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 30 August 2097 at 07:54.
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 ∠22° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1943"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1943" and ∠1903".
Harvest Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon of September 2097 after 17 days on 21 September 2097 at 13:00.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Virgo ♍ on 6 September 2097 at 00:33
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 13 September 2097 at 14:22
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 September 2097 at 13:00
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 28 September 2097 at 13:39
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 1207 / 2160
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1207 of Meeus index or 2160 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.36 days
Length of current 1207 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 34 minutes. It is 2 hours and 38 minutes shorter than next lunation 1208 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 10 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 59 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠26.5°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠26.5°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠47.4°. 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 after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 2 September 2097 at 23:07 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 14 September 2097 at 20:28 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 368 912 km
Moon is 368 912 km (229 231 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 346 km (251 249 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 27 August 2097 at 22:42 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 9 September 2097 at 17:26 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days after previous North standstill on 1 September 2097 at 07:23 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.741°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.835° in the next southern standstill on 14 September 2097 at 18:59 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 6 September 2097 at 00:33 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.