Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 12% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 12% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 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 in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1949".
Snow Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2044 after 17 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 26 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 after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 25 January 2044 at 09:32 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 14 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 10 February 2044 at 10:42 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 405 213 km
The Moon is 405 213 km (251 788 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 14 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 365 312 km (226 994 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 18 January 2044 at 19:49 in ♍ Virgo. 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 2 February 2044 at 08:49 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
20 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 at southern standstill
At 18:54 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-28.503°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠28.576° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 9 February 2044 at 10:49.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 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.
