Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 32% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 32% and getting smaller. The 23 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 23 February 2022 at 22:32.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is leaving the last ∠3° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♑ Capricorn later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2022 after 20 days on 18 March 2022 at 07:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 March 2022 at 17:35
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 10 March 2022 at 10:45
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 18 March 2022 at 07:17
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 25 March 2022 at 05:37
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 273 / 1226
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 273 of Meeus index or 1226 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
Length of current 273 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 49 minutes. It is 1 hour and 1 minute shorter than next lunation 274 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 55 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 14 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠32°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠32°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠56.3°. 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 before perigee
14 days after point of apogee on 11 February 2022 at 02:39 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 26 February 2022 at 22:18 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 363 321 km
Moon is 363 321 km (225 757 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 787 km (228 532 mi).
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 23 February 2022 at 06:54 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 8 March 2022 at 08:22 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days after previous North standstill on 12 February 2022 at 16:45 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.444°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.559° in the next southern standstill on 26 February 2022 at 06:37 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 2 March 2022 at 17:35 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.