Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 29% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 29% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 5 January 2051 at 04:29.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1796"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1796" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2051 after 19 days on 26 January 2051 at 21:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 12 January 2051 at 18:58
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 19 January 2051 at 12:38
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 26 January 2051 at 21:20
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 4 February 2051 at 01:40
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 630 / 1583
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 630 of Meeus index or 1583 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.57 days
Length of current 630 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 40 minutes. It is 1 hour and 57 minutes longer than next lunation 631 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 56 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 7 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠282.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠282.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠313.4°. 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 after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 4 January 2051 at 00:04 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 15 January 2051 at 18:23 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 399 119 km
Moon is 399 119 km (248 001 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 365 918 km (227 371 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♏ Scorpio at 05:43 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet descending node on 20 January 2051 at 03:36 in ♉ Taurus.
New draconic month
At 05:43 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 27 December 2050 at 00:57 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.815°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.761° in the next southern standstill on 10 January 2051 at 12:25 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 12 January 2051 at 18:58 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.