Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 38% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 38% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 17 March 2039 at 10:08.
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 ∠1946"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1946" and ∠1928".
Pink Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2039 after 21 days on 9 April 2039 at 02:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 24 March 2039 at 17:59
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 1 April 2039 at 21:55
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 9 April 2039 at 02:53
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 15 April 2039 at 18:07
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 484 / 1437
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 484 of Meeus index or 1437 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 42 minutes. It is 53 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 1 hour and 58 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 5 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠83.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠83.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠120.7°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 13 March 2039 at 18:38 in ♎ Libra. 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 29 March 2039 at 17:29 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 368 340 km
The Moon is 368 340 km (228 876 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 124 km (251 732 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 17 March 2039 at 10:05 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 12 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 31 March 2039 at 11:40 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 11:25 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-24.232°. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠24.377° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 1 April 2039 at 20:16.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 24 March 2039 at 17:59 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.
