Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♏ Scorpio.
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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 December 2059 at 21:17.
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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠18° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1797"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1797" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2060 after 18 days on 17 January 2060 at 17:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 3 January 2060 at 16:40
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 10 January 2060 at 12:52
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 17 January 2060 at 17:14
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 25 January 2060 at 19:14
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 741 / 1694
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 741 of Meeus index or 1694 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.62 days
Length of current 741 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 51 minutes. It is 2 hours and 9 minutes longer than next lunation 742 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 7 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 56 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠262.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠262.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠297.9°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
3 days after point of apogee on 26 December 2059 at 19:36 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 January 2060 at 01:42 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 398 932 km
Moon is 398 932 km (247 885 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 882 km (229 213 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♏ Scorpio at 07:45 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 12 days to meet ascending node on 12 January 2060 at 08:04 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
14 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 19 December 2059 at 20:09 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.159°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.156° in the next southern standstill on 3 January 2060 at 06:16 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 3 January 2060 at 16:40 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.