Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 5% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 5% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 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 is entering ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1789"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1789" and ∠1942".
Worm Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2053 after 16 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 27 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 after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 13 February 2053 at 01:22 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 February 2053 at 20:20 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 400 618 km
The Moon is 400 618 km (248 932 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 12 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 367 800 km (228 540 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 6 February 2053 at 03:39 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 4 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 20 February 2053 at 15:44 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
10 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 after southern standstill
2 days since the previous standstill on 13 February 2053 at 20:10 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.230°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.174° at the point of next northern standstill on 27 February 2053 at 13:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 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.
