Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 34% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 34% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 6 March 2021 at 01:30.
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 ∠1936"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1936" and ∠1933".
Worm Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2021 after 21 days on 28 March 2021 at 18:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 13 March 2021 at 10:21
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 21 March 2021 at 14:40
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 28 March 2021 at 18:48
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 4 April 2021 at 10:02
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 261 / 1214
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 261 of Meeus index or 1214 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.64 days
Length of current 261 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 15 minutes. It is 55 minutes shorter than next lunation 262 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 31 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 32 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠87°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠87°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠124.3°. 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
5 days after point of perigee on 2 March 2021 at 05:19 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 18 March 2021 at 05:04 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 370 216 km
Moon is 370 216 km (230 042 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 253 km (251 813 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 6 March 2021 at 00:56 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 20 March 2021 at 03:31 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 20:45 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-25.161°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠25.307° in its northern standstill point on 22 March 2021 at 08:35 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 13 March 2021 at 10:21 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.