Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 18% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 18% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 29 January 2046 at 04:11.
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 ∠23° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1844"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1844" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2046 after 19 days on 20 February 2046 at 23:44.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 5 February 2046 at 23:10
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 14 February 2046 at 03:20
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 20 February 2046 at 23:44
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 27 February 2046 at 16:23
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 569 / 1522
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 569 of Meeus index or 1522 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
Length of current 569 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 46 minutes. It is 20 minutes shorter than next lunation 570 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 2 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 1 minute shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠129.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠129.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠159.4°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of perigee on 23 January 2046 at 19:02 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 8 February 2046 at 05:11 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 388 611 km
Moon is 388 611 km (241 472 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 6 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 331 km (252 482 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 23 January 2046 at 06:24 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 5 February 2046 at 15:45 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
23 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 11:30 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-27.313°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2046. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠27.295° in its northern standstill point on 16 February 2046 at 04:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 5 February 2046 at 23:10 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.