Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
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 ♑ Capricorn.
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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 8 February 2045 at 19:03.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♒ Aquarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1943".
Worm Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2045 after 16 days on 3 March 2045 at 07:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 16 February 2045 at 23:51
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 24 February 2045 at 16:37
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 3 March 2045 at 07:52
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 March 2045 at 12:50
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 557 / 1510
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 557 of Meeus index or 1510 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 26 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2045. It is 2 hours and 2 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 42 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 21 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠182.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠182.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠207.6°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 02:57. It is 12 days after previous perigee on 1 February 2045 at 08:43 in ♌ Leo. 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 1 March 2045 at 18:43 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 406 254 km
This apogee Moon is 406 254 km (252 435 mi) away from Earth. It is 846 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 455 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 3 February 2045 at 02:18 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 17 February 2045 at 06:00 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
24 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 after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 11 February 2045 at 15:40 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.184°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.188° at the point of next northern standstill on 26 February 2045 at 01:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 16 February 2045 at 23:51 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.
