Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 27% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 27% and getting smaller. The 24 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
2 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 2 days on 22 February 2098 at 23:26.
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 ∠5° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1775"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1775" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 19 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2098 after 19 days on 17 March 2098 at 07:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 3 March 2098 at 04:02
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 10 March 2098 at 16:01
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 17 March 2098 at 07:43
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 24 March 2098 at 18:26
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 1213 / 2166
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 1213 of Meeus index or 2166 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
Length of current 1213 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 8 minutes. It is 2 hours and 23 minutes longer than next lunation 1214 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 24 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 39 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠197°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠197°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠225.5°. 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 before apogee
10 days after point of perigee on 14 February 2098 at 18:30 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next apogee on 27 February 2098 at 00:05 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 403 843 km
Moon is 403 843 km (250 936 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next day until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 405 848 km (252 182 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days after its descending node on 19 February 2098 at 21:18 in ♎ Libra, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 8 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 6 March 2098 at 10:58 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
18 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 10:08 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-28.136°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠28.231° in its northern standstill point on 11 March 2098 at 15:13 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 5 days
After 5 days on 3 March 2098 at 04:02 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.