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 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 ∠24° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1939".
Worm Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2036 after 17 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 26 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
The length of the 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 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 58 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 5 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠195.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠195.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠223.9°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 03:15. It is 12 days after previous perigee on 10 February 2036 at 20:55 in ♋ Cancer. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next perigee on 10 March 2036 at 02:38 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 405 790 km
This apogee Moon is 405 790 km (252 146 mi) away from Earth. It is 382 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 919 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 12 February 2036 at 03:38 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 26 February 2036 at 05:24 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, 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 22 February 2036 at 04:47 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.246°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.281° at the point of next northern standstill on 7 March 2036 at 07:25 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 27 February 2036 at 04:59 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.
