Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 6% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 14 February 2012 at 17:04.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1881"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1881" and ∠1941".
Worm Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2012 after 17 days on 8 March 2012 at 09:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 21 February 2012 at 22:35
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 1 March 2012 at 01:22
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 8 March 2012 at 09:40
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 March 2012 at 01:25
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 149 / 1102
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 149 of Meeus index or 1102 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
Length of current 149 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 55 minutes. It is 1 hour and 8 minutes shorter than next lunation 150 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 11 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 52 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠70.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠70.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠107.8°. 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 after perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 11 February 2012 at 18:32 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 27 February 2012 at 14:01 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 381 080 km
Moon is 381 080 km (236 792 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 8 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 864 km (251 571 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 15 February 2012 at 20:16 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 29 February 2012 at 22:37 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days after previous South standstill on 16 February 2012 at 08:36 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-22.299°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠22.150° in the next northern standstill on 1 March 2012 at 16:13 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 21 February 2012 at 22:35 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.