Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 9% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 2 February 2089 at 10:23.
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 ∠15° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 9.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1945".
Snow Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2089 after 17 days on 24 February 2089 at 22:05.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 10 February 2089 at 15:16
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 18 February 2089 at 07:15
- Full Moon in Leo ♌ on 24 February 2089 at 22:05
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 March 2089 at 05:05
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 1101 / 2054
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 1101 of Meeus index or 2054 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.79 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 58 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2089. It is 1 hour and 50 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 6 hours and 14 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 49 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠185.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠185.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠211.9°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 10:18. It is 12 days after previous perigee on 25 January 2089 at 19:36 in ♋ Cancer. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 15 days, until point of next perigee on 23 February 2089 at 04:43 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 406 252 km
This apogee Moon is 406 252 km (252 433 mi) away from Earth. It is 844 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 457 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
6 days after ascending node on 31 January 2089 at 14:33 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 7 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 15 February 2089 at 05:13 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
6 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 5 February 2089 at 19:19 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.740°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.626° at the point of next northern standstill on 20 February 2089 at 01:51 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 3 days
In 3 days on 10 February 2089 at 15:16 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.
