Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 7% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 7% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 24 February 2041 at 00:29.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠10° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1936".
Worm Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2041 after 17 days on 17 March 2041 at 20:19.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 March 2041 at 15:39
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 9 March 2041 at 15:51
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 17 March 2041 at 20:19
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 25 March 2041 at 10:32
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 508 / 1461
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 508 of Meeus index or 1461 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.41 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 56 minutes. It is 6 minutes longer 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 48 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 21 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠358.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠358.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠14°.
Moon before apogee
13 days after point of apogee on 14 February 2041 at 23:03 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 March 2041 at 19:56 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 363 490 km
The Moon is 363 490 km (225 862 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next day until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 003 km (222 453 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 22 February 2041 at 16:13 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 7 March 2041 at 03:29 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
20 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 26 February 2041 at 07:28 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.040°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.133° at the point of next northern standstill on 11 March 2041 at 02:59 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 2 March 2041 at 15:39 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.
