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Waning Crescent 1% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 13 February 2023 at 16:01.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1941".
Worm Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2023 after 16 days on 7 March 2023 at 12:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 20 February 2023 at 07:06
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 27 February 2023 at 08:06
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 7 March 2023 at 12:40
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 March 2023 at 02:08
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 285 / 1238
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 285 of Meeus index or 1238 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 285 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 13 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2023. It is 4 minutes shorter than next lunation 286 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 31 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 38 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠360°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠360°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠15.6°. 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 09:06, this is 15 days after last apogee on 4 February 2023 at 08:55 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 12 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 3 March 2023 at 18:01 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 358 267 km
This perigee Moon is 358 267 km (222 617 mi) away from Earth. It is 4 241 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 12 089 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
7 days after its descending node on 12 February 2023 at 07:31 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 24 February 2023 at 18:56 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
21 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 16 February 2023 at 14:36 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.629°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.716° in the next northern standstill on 1 March 2023 at 14:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 20 February 2023 at 07:06 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.