Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 41% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 41% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
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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 2 January 2062 at 13:21.
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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1822"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1822" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2062 after 21 days on 25 January 2062 at 03:37.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 10 January 2062 at 17:52
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 18 January 2062 at 12:51
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 25 January 2062 at 03:37
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 1 February 2062 at 07:43
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 766 / 1719
The Moon is 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 766 of Meeus index or 1719 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
Length of current 766 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 20 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2062. It is 1 hour and 2 minutes longer than next lunation 767 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 36 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 27 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠176.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠176.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠201.9°. 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 before apogee
22 days after point of apogee on 12 December 2061 at 07:27 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 January 2062 at 09:05 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 393 370 km
Moon is 393 370 km (244 429 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 473 km (252 571 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 2 January 2062 at 00:30 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 16 January 2062 at 15:36 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
13 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
8 days after previous North standstill on 26 December 2061 at 10:29 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.396°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.405° in the next southern standstill on 9 January 2062 at 02:13 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 10 January 2062 at 17:52 in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.