Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
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
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 17 January 2058 at 19:43.
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 ∠4° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1949".
Snow Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2058 after 17 days on 8 February 2058 at 15:54.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 24 January 2058 at 12:14
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 31 January 2058 at 10:28
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 8 February 2058 at 15:54
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 February 2058 at 07:16
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 717 / 1670
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 717 of Meeus index or 1670 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 717 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 52 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2058. It is 10 minutes longer than next lunation 718 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 52 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 17 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠355.4°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠355.4°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠10.9°. 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 before perigee
13 days after point of apogee on 9 January 2058 at 06:58 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 23 January 2058 at 21:00 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 363 641 km
Moon is 363 641 km (225 956 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 538 km (222 164 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 21 January 2058 at 19:04 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 3 February 2058 at 20:37 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 23:21 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-24.534°. This is the year's southernmost lunar standstill of 2058. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠24.565° in its northern standstill point on 5 February 2058 at 09:27 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 24 January 2058 at 12:14 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.