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
Length of current 1246 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 next lunation 1247 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 32 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 37 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠340.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠340.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠356.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 20 October 2100 at 04:03 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 2 November 2100 at 08:19 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 377 149 km
Moon is 377 149 km (234 350 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 356 834 km (221 726 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♌ Leo at 20:12 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet ascending node on 10 November 2100 at 08:11 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 23 October 2100 at 08:12 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.129°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.051° in the next southern standstill on 5 November 2100 at 05:15 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 2 November 2100 at 03:14 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.