Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 29% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 29% and getting smaller. The 24 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 26 January 2011 at 12:57.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1907"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1907" and ∠1948".
Snow Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2011 after 20 days on 18 February 2011 at 08:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 3 February 2011 at 02:31
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 11 February 2011 at 07:18
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 18 February 2011 at 08:36
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 24 February 2011 at 23:26
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 136 / 1089
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 136 of Meeus index or 1089 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 28 minutes. It is 47 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 4 hours and 44 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 19 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠103.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠103.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠139.2°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 22 January 2011 at 00:10 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 6 February 2011 at 23:13 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 375 777 km
The Moon is 375 777 km (233 497 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 924 km (252 229 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 18 January 2011 at 00:06 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 30 January 2011 at 18:29 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
24 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
11 days since the previous standstill on 16 January 2011 at 22:51 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠24.221°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-24.180° at the point of next southern standstill on 29 January 2011 at 16:26 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 3 February 2011 at 02:31 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.
