Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 27% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 27% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 21 January 2044 at 23:47.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1771"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1771" and ∠1949".
Snow Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2044 after 19 days on 13 February 2044 at 06:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 30 January 2044 at 04:04
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 6 February 2044 at 13:46
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 13 February 2044 at 06:42
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 20 February 2044 at 20:20
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 544 / 1497
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 544 of Meeus index or 1497 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 8 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 5 hours and 32 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 31 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠204.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠204.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠235.6°.
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of perigee on 13 January 2044 at 09:08 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 25 January 2044 at 09:32 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 404 773 km
The Moon is 404 773 km (251 514 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 544 km (251 993 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after descending node on 18 January 2044 at 19:49 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 2 February 2044 at 08:49 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 13 January 2044 at 02:29 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.453°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.503° at the point of next southern standstill on 26 January 2044 at 18:54 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 30 January 2044 at 04:04 in ♒ Aquarius 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.
