Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 11% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 11% and getting smaller. The 26 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 8 February 2094 at 12:45.
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 ∠16° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1962"
Lunar disc appears visually 1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1962" and ∠1943".
Worm Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2094 after 17 days on 2 March 2094 at 07:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 15 February 2094 at 05:43
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 22 February 2094 at 02:36
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 2 March 2094 at 07:35
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 10 March 2094 at 00:22
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 1163 / 2116
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 1163 of Meeus index or 2116 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 38 minutes. It is 37 minutes longer 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 3 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠352.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠352.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠7.9°.
Moon before apogee
12 days after point of apogee on 31 January 2094 at 11:51 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 14 February 2094 at 18:39 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 365 325 km
The Moon is 365 325 km (227 002 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 2 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 191 km (221 948 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♑ Capricorn at 12:56 crossing the ecliptic from North to South to meet ascending node 13 days later on 25 February 2094 at 12:58 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
14 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 06:09 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-22.529°. Over the next 12 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠22.582° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 25 February 2094 at 05:34.
Syzygy in 2 days
In 2 days on 15 February 2094 at 05:43 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.
