Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 18% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 18% 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 26 February 2038 at 06:56.
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 ∠20° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1863"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1863" and ∠1936".
Worm Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2038 after 19 days on 21 March 2038 at 02:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 5 March 2038 at 23:15
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 14 March 2038 at 03:42
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 21 March 2038 at 02:09
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 27 March 2038 at 17:36
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 471 / 1424
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 471 of Meeus index or 1424 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.72 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 23 minutes. It is 5 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 39 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 24 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠117.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠117.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠149.9°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 21 February 2038 at 08:05 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 9 March 2038 at 00:39 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 384 783 km
The Moon is 384 783 km (239 093 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 184 km (252 391 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♑ Capricorn at 08:52 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 14 days later on 15 March 2038 at 23:29 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the middle to the last part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 28 February 2038 at 20:34 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.311°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 14 days to face maximum declination of ∠22.441° at the point of next northern standstill on 15 March 2038 at 13:46 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 5 March 2038 at 23:15 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.
