Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 8% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 8% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 23 December 2043 at 05:04.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2044 after 17 days on 14 January 2044 at 18:51.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 31 December 2043 at 09:48
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 8 January 2044 at 04:02
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 January 2044 at 18:51
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 21 January 2044 at 23:47
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 543 / 1496
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 543 of Meeus index or 1496 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.8 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 11 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2043. It is 55 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 27 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 36 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠179.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠179.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠204.4°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 19:33. It is 12 days after previous perigee on 15 December 2043 at 22:01 in ♊ Gemini. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next perigee on 13 January 2044 at 09:08 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 406 403 km
This apogee Moon is 406 403 km (252 527 mi) away from Earth. It is 995 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 306 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 22 December 2043 at 16:01 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 January 2044 at 06:50 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 16 December 2043 at 16:08 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.409°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.400° at the point of next southern standstill on 30 December 2043 at 12:51 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 31 December 2043 at 09:48 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
