Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 9% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 27 February 2046 at 16:23.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1784"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1784" and ∠1935".
Worm Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2046 after 17 days on 22 March 2046 at 09:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 7 March 2046 at 18:15
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 15 March 2046 at 17:13
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 22 March 2046 at 09:27
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 29 March 2046 at 06:57
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 570 / 1523
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 570 of Meeus index or 1523 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.8 days
Length of current 570 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 6 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2046. It is 1 hour and 30 minutes longer than next lunation 571 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 22 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 41 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠159.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠159.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠184.1°. 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 21 February 2046 at 06:43 in ♍ Virgo. 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 7 March 2046 at 06:49 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 401 762 km
Moon is 401 762 km (249 643 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 576 km (252 635 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♒ Aquarius at 21:25 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 19 March 2046 at 03:00 in ♌ Leo.
New draconic month
At 21:25 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days after previous South standstill on 28 February 2046 at 17:20 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.260°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.160° in the next northern standstill on 15 March 2046 at 12:23 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 7 March 2046 at 18:15 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.