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 ♑ Capricorn.
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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 20 February 2063 at 03:07.
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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠25° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1773"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1773" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2063 after 18 days on 14 March 2063 at 16:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 28 February 2063 at 07:38
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 8 March 2063 at 01:06
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 14 March 2063 at 16:14
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 21 March 2063 at 20:16
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 780 / 1733
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 780 of Meeus index or 1733 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.8 days
Length of current 780 lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 15 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2063. It is 2 hours and 3 minutes longer than next lunation 781 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 6 hours and 31 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 32 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠179.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠179.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠204.9°. 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
11 days after point of perigee on 12 February 2063 at 19:32 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 25 February 2063 at 16:30 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 404 346 km
Moon is 404 346 km (251 249 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 312 km (252 471 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after its descending node on 14 February 2063 at 11:10 in ♍ Virgo, 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 28 February 2063 at 14:15 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
23 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 22 February 2063 at 05:09 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.506°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.509° in the next northern standstill on 8 March 2063 at 17:58 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
After 3 days on 28 February 2063 at 07:38 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.