Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 21% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 21% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 10 February 2007 at 09:51.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠0° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1848"
Lunar disc appears visually 5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1848" and ∠1943".
Worm Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2007 after 18 days on 3 March 2007 at 23:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 17 February 2007 at 16:14
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 February 2007 at 07:56
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 March 2007 at 23:17
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 March 2007 at 03:54
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 87 / 1040
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 87 of Meeus index or 1040 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 14 minutes. It is 1 hour and 46 minutes longer 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 30 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 39 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠308.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠308.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠331.4°.
Moon before apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 7 February 2007 at 12:39 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 February 2007 at 09:34 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 387 904 km
The Moon is 387 904 km (241 032 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 440 km (224 588 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 4 February 2007 at 22:44 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 18 February 2007 at 20:43 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
21 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 at southern standstill
At 07:33 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-28.568°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠28.600° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 25 February 2007 at 23:35.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 17 February 2007 at 16:14 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
