Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 13% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 13% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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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 3 March 2062 at 03:49.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1782"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1782" and ∠1933".
Worm Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2062 after 17 days on 25 March 2062 at 03:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 11 March 2062 at 04:13
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 March 2062 at 05:58
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 25 March 2062 at 03:35
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 1 April 2062 at 23:55
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 768 / 1721
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 768 of Meeus index or 1721 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 768 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 3 minutes. It is 2 hours and 59 minutes longer than next lunation 769 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 19 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 44 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠232.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠232.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠268.5°. 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
2 days after point of apogee on 4 March 2062 at 17:42 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 12 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 19 March 2062 at 16:28 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 402 147 km
Moon is 402 147 km (249 883 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 12 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 624 km (229 674 mi).
Moon before ascending node
9 days after its descending node on 25 February 2062 at 12:19 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 11 March 2062 at 23:34 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
22 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 4 March 2062 at 15:29 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.680°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.705° in the next northern standstill on 18 March 2062 at 10:24 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 11 March 2062 at 04:13 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.