Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
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 17 January 2077 at 09:09.
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 ∠12° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1824"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1824" and ∠1950".
Snow Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2077 after 20 days on 7 February 2077 at 23:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 24 January 2077 at 12:45
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 31 January 2077 at 03:35
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 7 February 2077 at 23:08
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 16 February 2077 at 02:58
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 952 / 1905
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 952 of Meeus index or 1905 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 52 minutes. It is 1 hour and 31 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 52 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 17 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠319.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠319.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠339.5°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 13 January 2077 at 15:13 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 25 January 2077 at 18:01 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 392 939 km
The Moon is 392 939 km (244 161 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 336 km (223 281 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after ascending node on 6 January 2077 at 14:25 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 21 January 2077 at 03:21 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
11 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 8 January 2077 at 11:32 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠25.079°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 4 days to face maximum declination of ∠-25.115° at the point of next southern standstill on 22 January 2077 at 20:40 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 24 January 2077 at 12:45 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.
