Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 39% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 39% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
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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 1 February 2062 at 07:43.
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 leaving the last ∠3° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♐ Sagittarius later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1784"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1784" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2062 after 21 days on 23 February 2062 at 15:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 9 February 2062 at 12:11
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 16 February 2062 at 22:38
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 23 February 2062 at 15:08
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 3 March 2062 at 03:49
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 767 / 1720
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 767 of Meeus index or 1720 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
Length of current 767 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 18 minutes. It is 2 hours and 15 minutes longer than next lunation 768 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 34 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 29 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠201.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠201.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠232.2°. 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
9 days after point of perigee on 23 January 2062 at 20:23 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 4 February 2062 at 22:20 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Distance to Moon 401 815 km
Moon is 401 815 km (249 676 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 2 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 649 km (252 059 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after its descending node on 29 January 2062 at 04:17 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 12 February 2062 at 17:33 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days after previous North standstill on 22 January 2062 at 20:38 in ♊ Gemini, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠28.481°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-28.542° in the next southern standstill on 5 February 2062 at 08:12 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 9 February 2062 at 12:11 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.