Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 24% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 24% 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 5 March 2032 at 01:47.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠19° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1965"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1965" and ∠1933".
Worm Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2032 after 19 days on 27 March 2032 at 00:46.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 March 2032 at 16:25
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 March 2032 at 20:56
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 27 March 2032 at 00:46
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 April 2032 at 10:10
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 397 / 1350
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 397 of Meeus index or 1350 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.42 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 1 minute. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2032. It is 15 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 2 hours and 44 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 25 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠6.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠6.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠23.4°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 23 February 2032 at 18:41 in ♌ Leo. 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 10 March 2032 at 06:54 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 364 824 km
The Moon is 364 824 km (226 691 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 360 020 km (223 706 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 2 March 2032 at 12:11 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 15 March 2032 at 02:16 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 5 March 2032 at 11:40 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.866°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.775° at the point of next northern standstill on 18 March 2032 at 04:54 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 11 March 2032 at 16:25 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.
