Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 23% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 23% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 26 December 2040 at 17:02.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1871"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1871" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2041 after 18 days on 17 January 2041 at 07:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 2 January 2041 at 19:08
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 9 January 2041 at 10:06
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 17 January 2041 at 07:11
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 25 January 2041 at 10:33
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 506 / 1459
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 506 of Meeus index or 1459 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
Length of current 506 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 35 minutes. It is 1 hour longer than next lunation 507 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 9 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠323.5°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠323.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠342.7°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon before perigee
6 days after point of apogee on 22 December 2040 at 13:29 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 3 January 2041 at 19:39 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 383 053 km
Moon is 383 053 km (238 018 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 590 km (222 817 mi).
Moon before descending node
13 days after its ascending node on 15 December 2040 at 21:13 in ♉ Taurus, 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 30 December 2040 at 10:13 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the first to the middle part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 19 December 2040 at 10:11 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.761°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.763° in the next southern standstill on 2 January 2041 at 11:44 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 2 January 2041 at 19:08 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.