Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 6% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and getting smaller. The 27 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 10 January 2045 at 03:32.
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 leaving the last ∠3° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♑ Capricorn later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1780"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1780" and ∠1951".
Snow Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2045 after 17 days on 1 February 2045 at 21:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 18 January 2045 at 04:25
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 26 January 2045 at 05:09
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 1 February 2045 at 21:05
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 8 February 2045 at 19:03
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 556 / 1509
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 556 of Meeus index or 1509 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
Length of current 556 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 32 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2045. It is 6 minutes longer than next lunation 557 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 48 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 15 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠156.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠156.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠182.1°. 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 apogee
11 days after point of perigee on 3 January 2045 at 19:25 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 17 January 2045 at 22:35 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 402 586 km
Moon is 402 586 km (250 155 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 609 km (252 655 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 6 January 2045 at 16:49 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 21 January 2045 at 00:16 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
21 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 09:52 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-28.098°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠28.156° in its northern standstill point on 29 January 2045 at 16:53 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 18 January 2045 at 04:25 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.