Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 26% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 26% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 20 January 2055 at 03:24.
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 ∠2° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1891"
Lunar disc appears visually 3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1891" and ∠1949".
Snow Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2055 after 20 days on 11 February 2055 at 22:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 27 January 2055 at 17:39
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 4 February 2055 at 22:59
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 11 February 2055 at 22:48
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 18 February 2055 at 14:14
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 680 / 1633
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 680 of Meeus index or 1633 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 47 minutes. It is 1 hour and 13 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 3 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠109.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠109.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠143.9°.
Moon after perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 15 January 2055 at 09:13 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 31 January 2055 at 06:49 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 379 029 km
The Moon is 379 029 km (235 518 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 8 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 942 km (252 241 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 15 January 2055 at 05:53 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 28 January 2055 at 16:32 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 12 January 2055 at 12:37 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.742°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.724° at the point of next southern standstill on 25 January 2055 at 10:36 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 27 January 2055 at 17:39 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.
