Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 6% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 6% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 11 January 2053 at 18:09.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1950".
Snow Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2053 after 16 days on 3 February 2053 at 04:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 19 January 2053 at 23:12
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 27 January 2053 at 13:41
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 3 February 2053 at 04:57
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 10 February 2053 at 13:49
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 655 / 1608
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 655 of Meeus index or 1608 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
Length of current 655 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 57 minutes. It is 1 hour and 38 minutes longer than next lunation 656 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 13 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 50 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠190.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠190.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠217.6°. 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
1 day after point of apogee on 16 January 2053 at 07:55 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 14 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 1 February 2053 at 05:49 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 405 210 km
Moon is 405 210 km (251 786 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 14 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 362 186 km (225 052 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 9 January 2053 at 21:36 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 6 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 24 January 2053 at 11:46 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 11:59 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-18.367°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠18.289° in its northern standstill point on 31 January 2053 at 05:58 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 19 January 2053 at 23:12 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.