Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 11% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 11% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 14 December 2060 at 17:15.
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 ∠20° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1950".
Wolf Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2061 after 17 days on 6 January 2061 at 02:24.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 22 December 2060 at 22:39
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 30 December 2060 at 09:29
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 6 January 2061 at 02:24
- Last Quarter in Libra ♎ on 13 January 2061 at 13:57
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 753 / 1706
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 753 of Meeus index or 1706 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.77 days
Length of current 753 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 24 minutes. It is 1 hour and 47 minutes longer than next lunation 754 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 40 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 23 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠199.1°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠199.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠228.7°. 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
1 day after point of apogee on 18 December 2060 at 13:24 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 15 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 3 January 2061 at 14:50 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 405 340 km
Moon is 405 340 km (251 867 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 15 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 364 234 km (226 325 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 17 December 2060 at 13:43 in ♎ Libra, 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 31 December 2060 at 13:55 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 8 December 2060 at 20:39 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.011°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-27.980° in the next southern standstill on 23 December 2060 at 03:55 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 22 December 2060 at 22:39 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.