Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 11% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 11% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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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 17 February 2047 at 06:42.
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 passing about ∠25° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1864"
Lunar disc appears visually 4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1864" and ∠1940".
Worm Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2047 after 18 days on 12 March 2047 at 01:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 24 February 2047 at 18:26
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 4 March 2047 at 22:52
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 12 March 2047 at 01:37
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 18 March 2047 at 16:11
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 582 / 1535
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 582 of Meeus index or 1535 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
Length of current 582 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 42 minutes. It is 36 minutes shorter than next lunation 583 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 58 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 5 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠96.2°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠96.2°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠133°. 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 13 February 2047 at 00:46 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 1 March 2047 at 00:38 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 384 622 km
Moon is 384 622 km (238 993 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 695 km (252 087 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♑ Capricorn at 11:46 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 8 March 2047 at 01:12 in ♋ Cancer.
New draconic month
At 11:46 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 18 February 2047 at 21:07 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-25.990°. Next 11 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠25.881° in the next northern standstill on 5 March 2047 at 11:00 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 24 February 2047 at 18:26 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.