Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 18% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 18% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
3 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 3 days on 26 February 2057 at 11:30.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠21° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1947"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1947" and ∠1936".
Worm Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2057 after 19 days on 21 March 2057 at 00:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 5 March 2057 at 11:25
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 13 March 2057 at 09:35
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 21 March 2057 at 00:45
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 27 March 2057 at 18:39
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 706 / 1659
The Moon is 25 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 706 of Meeus index or 1659 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.55 days
Length of current 706 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 14 minutes. It is 53 minutes shorter than next lunation 707 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 30 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 33 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠48.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠48.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠80°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 26 February 2057 at 15:47 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 12 March 2057 at 10:58 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 368 128 km
Moon is 368 128 km (228 744 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 319 km (251 232 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 28 February 2057 at 18:40 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 14 March 2057 at 17:54 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 28 February 2057 at 20:38 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-23.014°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠23.130° in the next northern standstill on 14 March 2057 at 22:50 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 5 March 2057 at 11:25 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.