Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 21% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 21% 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 4 March 2089 at 05:05.
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 ∠24° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1933".
Worm Moon after 18 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2089 after 18 days on 26 March 2089 at 09:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 12 March 2089 at 08:24
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 19 March 2089 at 15:30
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 March 2089 at 09:20
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 April 2089 at 00:36
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 1102 / 2055
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 1102 of Meeus index or 2055 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 8 minutes. It is 2 hours and 46 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 4 hours and 24 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 39 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠211.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠211.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠244.3°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 02:34. It is 11 days after previous perigee on 23 February 2089 at 04:43 in ♌ Leo. 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 March 2089 at 00:07 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 405 275 km
This apogee Moon is 405 275 km (251 826 mi) away from Earth. It is 133 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 1 434 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 27 February 2089 at 20:38 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 6 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 14 March 2089 at 09:03 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
7 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
2 days since the previous standstill on 5 March 2089 at 03:03 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-18.545°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠18.481° at the point of next northern standstill on 19 March 2089 at 08:14 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 4 days
In 4 days on 12 March 2089 at 08:24 in ♓ Pisces 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.
