Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 17% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 17% 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 7 February 2018 at 15:54.
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 ∠5° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1944".
Worm Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2018 after 18 days on 2 March 2018 at 00:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 15 February 2018 at 21:05
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 23 February 2018 at 08:09
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 2 March 2018 at 00:51
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 9 March 2018 at 11:20
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 223 / 1176
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 223 of Meeus index or 1176 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 48 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2018. It is 2 hours and 42 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 7 hours and 3 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 59 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠198.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠198.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠227.1°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 14:16. It is 12 days after previous perigee on 30 January 2018 at 09:54 in ♋ Cancer. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 16 days, until point of next perigee on 27 February 2018 at 14:48 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 405 701 km
This apogee Moon is 405 701 km (252 091 mi) away from Earth. It is 293 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 008 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 31 January 2018 at 18:46 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 14 February 2018 at 21:11 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
10 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 23:21 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-20.026°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2018. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠20.056° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 25 February 2018 at 20:07.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 15 February 2018 at 21:05 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.
