Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 10% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 10% and getting smaller. The 26 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 3 February 2013 at 13:56.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1964"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1964" and ∠1945".
Snow Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2013 after 18 days on 25 February 2013 at 20:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 10 February 2013 at 07:20
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 17 February 2013 at 20:31
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 25 February 2013 at 20:26
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 March 2013 at 21:53
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 161 / 1114
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 161 of Meeus index or 1114 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
Length of current 161 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 36 minutes. It is 55 minutes shorter than next lunation 162 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 8 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 1 minute longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠23.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠23.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠44.2°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 12:09, this is 16 days after last apogee on 22 January 2013 at 10:52 in ♊ Gemini. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 11 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 19 February 2013 at 06:30 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 365 314 km
This perigee Moon is 365 314 km (226 996 mi) away from Earth. It is 2 806 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 5 042 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 4 February 2013 at 02:14 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 17 February 2013 at 02:57 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 6 February 2013 at 00:27 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.704°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.583° in the next northern standstill on 19 February 2013 at 13:35 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 10 February 2013 at 07:20 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.