Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 41% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 41% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 3 March 2005 at 17:36.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1960"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1960" and ∠1935".
Worm Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2005 after 21 days on 25 March 2005 at 20:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 10 March 2005 at 09:10
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 17 March 2005 at 19:19
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 25 March 2005 at 20:58
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 2 April 2005 at 00:50
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 63 / 1016
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 63 of Meeus index or 1016 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 63 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 42 minutes. It is 40 minutes shorter than next lunation 64 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 2 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 7 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠17.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠17.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠36.2°. 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 before perigee
12 days after point of apogee on 20 February 2005 at 04:59 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 March 2005 at 03:42 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 365 785 km
Moon is 365 785 km (227 288 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 3 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 235 km (225 704 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 28 February 2005 at 00:10 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 12 March 2005 at 17:37 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
19 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days after previous North standstill on 19 February 2005 at 01:13 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.152°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.257° in the next southern standstill on 5 March 2005 at 04:40 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 10 March 2005 at 09:10 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.