Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 36% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 36% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 4 February 2051 at 01:40.
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 is entering ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1820"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1820" and ∠1946".
Snow Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2051 after 20 days on 25 February 2051 at 14:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 11 February 2051 at 06:41
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 17 February 2051 at 22:16
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 25 February 2051 at 14:53
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 5 March 2051 at 19:47
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 631 / 1584
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 631 of Meeus index or 1584 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
Length of current 631 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 43 minutes. It is 1 hour and 32 minutes longer than next lunation 632 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 1 minute shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 8 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠313.4°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠313.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠334.7°. 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
4 days after point of apogee on 31 January 2051 at 19:46 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 12 February 2051 at 18:54 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 393 926 km
Moon is 393 926 km (244 774 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 7 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 557 km (224 040 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 3 February 2051 at 07:49 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 16 February 2051 at 04:27 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days after previous North standstill on 23 January 2051 at 08:46 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.697°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.572° in the next southern standstill on 6 February 2051 at 23:17 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 11 February 2051 at 06:41 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.