Waning
Crescent ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 28% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 28% 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 26 October 2100 at 07:19.
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 ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1901"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1901" and ∠1932".
Beaver Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2100 after 19 days on 16 November 2100 at 22:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 2 November 2100 at 03:14
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 8 November 2100 at 20:15
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 16 November 2100 at 22:19
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 24 November 2100 at 21:13
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 1246 / 2199
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 1246 of Meeus index or 2199 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.38 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 12 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2100. It is 34 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 32 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 37 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠340.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠340.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠356.4°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 20 October 2100 at 04:03 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 2 November 2100 at 08:19 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 377 149 km
The Moon is 377 149 km (234 350 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 834 km (221 726 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 20:12 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 12 days later on 10 November 2100 at 08:11 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
14 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 after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 23 October 2100 at 08:12 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.129°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.051° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 November 2100 at 05:15 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 2 November 2100 at 03:14 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.
