Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 24% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 24% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 16 February 2039 at 02:36.
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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1954"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.7% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1954" and ∠1941".
Worm Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2039 after 20 days on 10 March 2039 at 16:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 23 February 2039 at 03:18
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 3 March 2039 at 02:15
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 10 March 2039 at 16:35
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 17 March 2039 at 10:08
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 483 / 1436
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 483 of Meeus index or 1436 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 1 minute 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 57 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 6 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠51.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠51.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠83.5°.
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 15 February 2039 at 17:30 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 1 March 2039 at 22:42 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 366 806 km
The Moon is 366 806 km (227 923 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 389 km (251 276 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 09:34 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 4 March 2039 at 09:49 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
13 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 before southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 6 February 2039 at 03:54 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.931°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-24.002° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 February 2039 at 06:19 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 23 February 2039 at 03:18 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.
