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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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
The length of the 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 the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 31 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 38 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠360°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠360°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠15.6°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 09:06. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 4 February 2023 at 08:55 in ♌ Leo. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until 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 further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 12 February 2023 at 07:31 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 24 February 2023 at 18:56 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
21 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 16 February 2023 at 14:36 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.629°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.716° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 March 2023 at 14:09 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 20 February 2023 at 07:06 in ♓ Pisces 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.
