Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 6% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 5 November 2099 at 19:42.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1969"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1938".
Beaver Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2099 after 17 days on 27 November 2099 at 21:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 12 November 2099 at 11:29
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 19 November 2099 at 17:17
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 27 November 2099 at 21:22
- Last Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 5 December 2099 at 04:46
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 1234 / 2187
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 1234 of Meeus index or 2187 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 43 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 47 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 22 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠10.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠10.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠27.7°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 19:35. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 26 October 2099 at 03:06 in ♓ Pisces. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next apogee on 22 November 2099 at 17:25 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 361 208 km
This perigee Moon is 361 208 km (224 444 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 300 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 9 148 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 8 November 2099 at 18:31 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 21 November 2099 at 23:18 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
15 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 2 November 2099 at 11:20 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.524°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.455° at the point of next southern standstill on 15 November 2099 at 04:28 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 12 November 2099 at 11:29 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.
