Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 30% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 30% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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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 31 January 2092 at 17:25.
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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1969"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1947".
Snow Moon after 20 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2092 after 20 days on 23 February 2092 at 05:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 7 February 2092 at 15:03
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 15 February 2092 at 11:40
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 23 February 2092 at 05:29
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 1 March 2092 at 00:46
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 1138 / 2091
The Moon is 24 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1138 of Meeus index or 2091 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 26 minutes. It is 1 hour and 28 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 42 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 21 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠40.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠40.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠69.4°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 09:05. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 18 January 2092 at 05:57 in ♉ Taurus. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next apogee on 15 February 2092 at 03:05 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 369 678 km
This perigee Moon is 369 678 km (229 707 mi) away from Earth. It is 7 170 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 678 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
7 days after ascending node on 26 January 2092 at 01:05 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 7 February 2092 at 23:08 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
7 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, 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 22 January 2092 at 14:14 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.448°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.423° at the point of next southern standstill on 4 February 2092 at 17:30 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 5 days
In 5 days on 7 February 2092 at 15:03 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.
