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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 1% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 1% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 14 February 2088 at 12:24.
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 ∠21° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1837"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1837" and ∠1940".
Worm Moon after 14 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2088 after 14 days on 7 March 2088 at 10:36.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 22 February 2088 at 11:09
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 29 February 2088 at 11:26
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 7 March 2088 at 10:36
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 March 2088 at 09:29
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 1089 / 2042
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1089 of Meeus index or 2042 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.65 days
Length of current 1089 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 31 minutes. It is 2 hours and 40 minutes longer than next lunation 1090 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 47 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 16 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠241.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠241.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠278.3°. 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
5 days after point of apogee on 15 February 2088 at 13:47 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 29 February 2088 at 14:18 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 390 221 km
Moon is 390 221 km (242 472 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 370 217 km (230 042 mi).
Moon before descending node
8 days after its ascending node on 13 February 2088 at 04:30 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 27 February 2088 at 04:19 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
8 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 16 February 2088 at 15:48 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-19.751°. Next 8 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠19.628° in the next northern standstill on 1 March 2088 at 05:13 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 22 February 2088 at 11:09 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.