Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 8% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 20 February 2025 at 17:33.
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 is entering ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1883"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1883" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2025 after 16 days on 14 March 2025 at 06:55.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 February 2025 at 00:45
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 6 March 2025 at 16:32
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 14 March 2025 at 06:55
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 22 March 2025 at 11:30
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 310 / 1263
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 310 of Meeus index or 1263 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
Length of current 310 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 9 minutes. It is 1 hour and 56 minutes longer than next lunation 311 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 35 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 34 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠305.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠305.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠329.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of apogee on 18 February 2025 at 01:11 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 1 March 2025 at 21:18 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 380 709 km
Moon is 380 709 km (236 562 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 361 967 km (224 916 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 15 February 2025 at 06:53 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 1 March 2025 at 05:40 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 22 February 2025 at 22:32 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.673°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.710° in the next northern standstill on 7 March 2025 at 15:56 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 28 February 2025 at 00:45 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.