Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 12% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 22 February 2033 at 11:53.
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 leaving the last ∠2° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♒ Aquarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1931"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1931" and ∠1937".
Worm Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2033 after 17 days on 16 March 2033 at 01:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 1 March 2033 at 08:23
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 8 March 2033 at 01:27
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 16 March 2033 at 01:37
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 24 March 2033 at 01:50
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 409 / 1362
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 409 of Meeus index or 1362 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 24 minutes. It is 56 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 20 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 49 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠336.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠336.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠353°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 16 February 2033 at 19:57 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 March 2033 at 18:17 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 371 149 km
The Moon is 371 149 km (230 621 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 3 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 180 km (221 941 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 19 February 2033 at 01:22 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 4 March 2033 at 01:01 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, 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 24 February 2033 at 01:02 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.763°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.688° at the point of next northern standstill on 8 March 2033 at 13:21 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 1 March 2033 at 08:23 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.
