Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 23% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 23% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 9 February 2026 at 12:43.
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 ∠4° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♑ Capricorn later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1943".
Worm Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2026 after 18 days on 3 March 2026 at 11:38.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 17 February 2026 at 12:01
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 February 2026 at 12:28
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 March 2026 at 11:38
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 11 March 2026 at 09:39
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 322 / 1275
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 322 of Meeus index or 1275 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 9 minutes. It is 2 hours and 47 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 25 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 38 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠239°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠239°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠276.3°.
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 10 February 2026 at 16:52 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 24 February 2026 at 23:18 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 404 077 km
The Moon is 404 077 km (251 082 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 370 132 km (229 989 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 3 February 2026 at 19:18 in ♍ Virgo. 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 18 February 2026 at 06:19 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
21 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 at southern standstill
At 12:56 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-28.406°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠28.428° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 25 February 2026 at 23:23.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 17 February 2026 at 12:01 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
