Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
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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 ♑ Capricorn.
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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 February 2036 at 23:47.
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 ∠12° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1770"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1770" and ∠1940".
Worm Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2036 after 18 days on 12 March 2036 at 09:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 27 February 2036 at 04:59
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 5 March 2036 at 16:49
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 12 March 2036 at 09:09
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 19 March 2036 at 18:39
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 446 / 1399
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 446 of Meeus index or 1399 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
Length of current 446 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 42 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2036. It is 2 hours and 45 minutes longer than next lunation 447 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 58 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 5 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠195.6°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠195.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠223.9°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of perigee on 10 February 2036 at 20:55 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 23 February 2036 at 03:15 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 405 009 km
Moon is 405 009 km (251 661 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 790 km (252 146 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 12 February 2036 at 03:38 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 3 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 26 February 2036 at 05:24 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 04:47 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-19.246°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2036. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠19.281° in its northern standstill point on 7 March 2036 at 07:25 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 27 February 2036 at 04:59 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.