Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 22% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 22% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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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 27 October 2097 at 19:56.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1924"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1924" and ∠1933".
Beaver Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2097 after 20 days on 19 November 2097 at 13:03.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 4 November 2097 at 02:08
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 12 November 2097 at 05:22
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 19 November 2097 at 13:03
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 26 November 2097 at 04:07
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 1209 / 2162
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 1209 of Meeus index or 2162 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 23 minutes. It is 2 hours and 55 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 39 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 24 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠76.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠76.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠112.4°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 24 October 2097 at 15:32 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 10 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 9 November 2097 at 12:12 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 372 617 km
The Moon is 372 617 km (231 533 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 10 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 184 km (251 770 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 21 October 2097 at 09:50 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 3 November 2097 at 09:02 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, 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 25 October 2097 at 18:37 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.974°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.959° at the point of next southern standstill on 8 November 2097 at 10:53 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 4 November 2097 at 02:08 in ♏ Scorpio 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.
