Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 36% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 36% 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 6 March 2040 at 07:19.
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 ∠3° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1933".
Worm Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2040 after 21 days on 28 March 2040 at 15:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 13 March 2040 at 01:46
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 20 March 2040 at 17:59
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 28 March 2040 at 15:11
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 4 April 2040 at 14:06
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 496 / 1449
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 496 of Meeus index or 1449 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
Length of current 496 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 22 minutes. It is 52 minutes shorter than next lunation 497 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 22 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 47 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠30.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠30.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠53.5°. 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 perigee
13 days after point of apogee on 22 February 2040 at 15:18 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 9 March 2040 at 12:23 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 363 369 km
Moon is 363 369 km (225 787 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 227 km (228 184 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 5 March 2040 at 16:03 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 18 March 2040 at 16:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 22:59 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-25.776°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠25.893° in its northern standstill point on 21 March 2040 at 12:03 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 13 March 2040 at 01:46 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.