Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 19% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 19% and getting smaller. The 25 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 16 January 2031 at 12:47.
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 ∠8° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1968"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1968" and ∠1950".
Snow Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2031 after 19 days on 7 February 2031 at 12:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 23 January 2031 at 04:31
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 30 January 2031 at 07:43
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 7 February 2031 at 12:46
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 14 February 2031 at 22:50
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 383 / 1336
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 383 of Meeus index or 1336 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.46 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 59 minutes. It is 19 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 1 hour and 45 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 24 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠5.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠5.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠21.6°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 6 January 2031 at 11:00 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 21 January 2031 at 21:41 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 364 240 km
The Moon is 364 240 km (226 328 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 637 km (223 468 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 08:51 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 1 February 2031 at 09:25 in ♊ Gemini.
New draconic month
At 08:51 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days since the previous standstill on 6 January 2031 at 05:22 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.889°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-21.824° at the point of next southern standstill on 20 January 2031 at 05:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 23 January 2031 at 04:31 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.
