Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 6% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 7 February 2037 at 05:43.
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 ∠25° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1790"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1790" and ∠1943".
Worm Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2037 after 17 days on 2 March 2037 at 00:28.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 15 February 2037 at 04:54
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 23 February 2037 at 06:41
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 2 March 2037 at 00:28
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 8 March 2037 at 19:25
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 458 / 1411
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 458 of Meeus index or 1411 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
Length of current 458 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 20 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2037. It is 38 minutes longer than next lunation 459 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 36 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 27 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠146.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠146.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠173.2°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of perigee on 1 February 2037 at 06:58 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 3 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 15 February 2037 at 23:45 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 400 446 km
Moon is 400 446 km (248 826 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 3 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 539 km (252 612 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after its ascending node on 31 January 2037 at 07:43 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 13 February 2037 at 14:49 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
12 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 11 February 2037 at 08:55 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.580°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.631° in the next northern standstill on 25 February 2037 at 22:25 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 15 February 2037 at 04:54 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.