Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 22% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 22% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 26 January 2049 at 21:33.
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 ∠14° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1963"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1963" and ∠1948".
Snow Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2049 after 19 days on 17 February 2049 at 20:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 2 February 2049 at 13:16
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 9 February 2049 at 15:38
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 17 February 2049 at 20:47
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 25 February 2049 at 07:36
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 606 / 1559
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 606 of Meeus index or 1559 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 606 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 51 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2049. It is 5 minutes shorter than next lunation 607 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 53 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 16 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠3.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠3.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠20°. 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 perigee
12 days after point of apogee on 17 January 2049 at 00:48 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 1 February 2049 at 08:51 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 365 221 km
Moon is 365 221 km (226 938 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 359 256 km (223 231 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 17:52 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet descending node on 11 February 2049 at 17:32 in ♊ Gemini.
New draconic month
At 17:52 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon in southern standstill
At 19:42 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-22.806°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠22.719° in its northern standstill point on 11 February 2049 at 21:45 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 2 February 2049 at 13:16 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.