Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 16% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 16% and getting smaller. The 25 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 13 January 2061 at 13:57.
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 passing about ∠10° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1776"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1776" and ∠1950".
Snow Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2061 after 18 days on 4 February 2061 at 15:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 21 January 2061 at 15:16
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 28 January 2061 at 18:10
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 4 February 2061 at 15:22
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 12 February 2061 at 11:52
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 754 / 1707
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 754 of Meeus index or 1707 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.69 days
Length of current 754 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 37 minutes. It is 2 hours and 22 minutes longer than next lunation 755 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 53 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 10 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠228.7°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠228.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠265.6°. 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
2 days after point of apogee on 15 January 2061 at 08:29 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 30 January 2061 at 14:53 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 403 587 km
Moon is 403 587 km (250 777 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 13 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 564 km (229 636 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after its descending node on 13 January 2061 at 15:27 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 27 January 2061 at 14:07 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
16 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
12 days after previous North standstill on 5 January 2061 at 06:43 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠27.997°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.037° in the next southern standstill on 19 January 2061 at 10:36 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 4 days
After 4 days on 21 January 2061 at 15:16 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.