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 30 January 2073 at 12:18.
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 passing about ∠25° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1926"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1926" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2073 after 21 days on 22 February 2073 at 07:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 7 February 2073 at 01:40
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 15 February 2073 at 06:57
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 22 February 2073 at 07:26
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 28 February 2073 at 22:40
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 903 / 1856
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 903 of Meeus index or 1856 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.73 days
Length of current 903 lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 5 minutes shorter than next lunation 904 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 4 hours and 46 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 17 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠105.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠105.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠140.9°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 25 January 2073 at 21:07 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 10 February 2073 at 19:47 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 372 225 km
Moon is 372 225 km (231 290 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 10 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 844 km (252 180 mi).
Moon after ascending node
5 days after its ascending node on 25 January 2073 at 14:53 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 7 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 8 February 2073 at 00:44 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
5 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
9 days after previous North standstill on 21 January 2073 at 22:36 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠19.043°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-19.012° in the next southern standstill on 3 February 2073 at 17:41 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 7 February 2073 at 01:40 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.