Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
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 ♑ Capricorn.
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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 7 February 2067 at 06:14.
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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1944".
Worm Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2067 after 18 days on 1 March 2067 at 04:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 13 February 2067 at 21:57
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 20 February 2067 at 23:30
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 1 March 2067 at 04:42
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 8 March 2067 at 16:16
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 829 / 1782
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 829 of Meeus index or 1782 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 40 minutes. It is 9 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 4 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 5 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠2.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠2.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠18.4°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 28 January 2067 at 14:45 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 12 February 2067 at 19:54 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 364 372 km
The Moon is 364 372 km (226 410 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 905 km (223 013 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 02:51 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 23 February 2067 at 01:40 in ♊ Gemini.
New draconic month
At 02:51 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 9 February 2067 at 10:40 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-23.790°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠23.698° at the point of next northern standstill on 22 February 2067 at 07:51 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 13 February 2067 at 21:57 in ♒ Aquarius the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
