Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 15% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 15% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 18 January 2028 at 19:26.
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 passing about ∠16° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1833"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1833" and ∠1950".
Snow Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2028 after 19 days on 10 February 2028 at 15:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 26 January 2028 at 15:12
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 3 February 2028 at 19:10
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 10 February 2028 at 15:04
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 17 February 2028 at 08:08
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 346 / 1299
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 346 of Meeus index or 1299 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
Length of current 346 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 1 minute. It is 25 minutes shorter than next lunation 347 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 16 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 47 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠132.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠132.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠161.9°. 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 before apogee
9 days after point of perigee on 13 January 2028 at 07:47 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 28 January 2028 at 15:31 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 391 113 km
Moon is 391 113 km (243 026 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 387 km (252 517 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 12 January 2028 at 21:27 in ♋ Cancer, 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 26 January 2028 at 07:31 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
23 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 21:35 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-26.616°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2028. Next 15 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠26.601° in its northern standstill point on 6 February 2028 at 12:59 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 26 January 2028 at 15:12 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.