Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 32% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 32% 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 10 February 2053 at 13:49.
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 ∠15° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1769"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1769" and ∠1943".
Worm Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2053 after 20 days on 4 March 2053 at 17:09.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 18 February 2053 at 16:31
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 25 February 2053 at 22:09
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 4 March 2053 at 17:09
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 12 March 2053 at 10:21
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 656 / 1609
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 656 of Meeus index or 1609 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.72 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 19 minutes. It is 2 hours and 39 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 35 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 28 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠217.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠217.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠251.9°.
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of perigee on 1 February 2053 at 05:49 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next day, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 13 February 2053 at 01:22 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 405 191 km
The Moon is 405 191 km (251 774 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next day until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 090 km (251 711 mi).
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 6 February 2053 at 03:39 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 20 February 2053 at 15:44 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 31 January 2053 at 05:58 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.289°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-18.230° at the point of next southern standstill on 13 February 2053 at 20:10 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 18 February 2053 at 16:31 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
