Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 39% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 39% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 7 January 2010 at 10:40.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1888"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1888" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2010 after 21 days on 30 January 2010 at 06:18.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 15 January 2010 at 07:11
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 23 January 2010 at 10:53
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 30 January 2010 at 06:18
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 5 February 2010 at 23:49
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 123 / 1076
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 123 of Meeus index or 1076 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.8 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 9 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2010. It is 31 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 25 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 38 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠135.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠135.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠164.3°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 1 January 2010 at 20:36 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 17 January 2010 at 01:40 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 379 602 km
The Moon is 379 602 km (235 874 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 434 km (252 546 mi).
Moon before ascending node
6 days after descending node on 1 January 2010 at 12:30 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 14 January 2010 at 23:18 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 30 December 2009 at 10:09 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.787°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.796° at the point of next southern standstill on 12 January 2010 at 08:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 15 January 2010 at 07:11 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
