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
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 9 minutes. It is 1 hour and 56 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 35 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 34 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠305.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠305.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠329.3°.
Moon before apogee
7 days after point of apogee on 18 February 2025 at 01:11 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 March 2025 at 21:18 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 380 709 km
The Moon is 380 709 km (236 562 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 967 km (224 916 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 15 February 2025 at 06:53 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 1 March 2025 at 05:40 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
23 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, 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 22 February 2025 at 22:32 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.673°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.710° at the point of next northern standstill on 7 March 2025 at 15:56 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 28 February 2025 at 00:45 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.
