Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 22% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 22% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 14 February 2031 at 22:50.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1942".
Worm Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2031 after 19 days on 9 March 2031 at 04:30.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 21 February 2031 at 15:49
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 1 March 2031 at 04:02
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 9 March 2031 at 04:30
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 March 2031 at 06:36
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 384 / 1337
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 384 of Meeus index or 1337 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 18 minutes. It is 42 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 26 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 43 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠21.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠21.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠41.9°.
Moon before apogee
14 days after point of apogee on 2 February 2031 at 23:45 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 February 2031 at 00:35 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 363 317 km
The Moon is 363 317 km (225 755 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 364 745 km (226 642 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 15 February 2031 at 11:21 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 February 2031 at 11:02 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 16 February 2031 at 13:25 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.615°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠21.491° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 March 2031 at 20:54 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 21 February 2031 at 15:49 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.
