Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 31% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 31% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 24 February 2060 at 15:06.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is leaving the last ∠1° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♑ Capricorn later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1850"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1850" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2060 after 19 days on 17 March 2060 at 03:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 March 2060 at 16:11
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 9 March 2060 at 07:52
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 17 March 2060 at 03:41
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 25 March 2060 at 07:08
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 743 / 1696
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 743 of Meeus index or 1696 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
Length of current 743 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 49 minutes. It is 1 hour and 23 minutes longer than next lunation 744 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 55 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 14 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠323.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠323.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠342.5°. 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
6 days after point of apogee on 20 February 2060 at 10:06 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 6 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 3 March 2060 at 16:59 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 387 442 km
Moon is 387 442 km (240 745 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 6 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 358 816 km (222 958 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after its descending node on 22 February 2060 at 12:39 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 6 March 2060 at 11:03 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
18 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
14 days after previous North standstill on 12 February 2060 at 09:28 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.319°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.445° in the next southern standstill on 27 February 2060 at 00:51 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 2 March 2060 at 16:11 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.