Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 43% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 43% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 18 March 2009 at 17:47 UTC.
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Moon phase and lunation details
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises at midnight and sets at noon. It is visible to the south in the morning.
Moon in ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1927".
Pink Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2009 after 21 days on 9 April 2009 at 14:56.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 26 March 2009 at 16:06
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 2 April 2009 at 14:34
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 9 April 2009 at 14:56
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 17 April 2009 at 13:36
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 113 / 1066
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 113 of Meeus index or 1066 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 31 minutes. It is 3 hours and 14 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 1 hour and 47 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 16 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠246.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠246.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠282.4°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 13:16. It is 11 days after previous perigee on 7 March 2009 at 15:06 in ♋ Cancer. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next perigee on 2 April 2009 at 02:31 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 404 302 km
This apogee Moon is 404 302 km (251 222 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 106 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 407 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 8 March 2009 at 04:05 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 March 2009 at 02:12 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 18 March 2009 at 05:07 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.896°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.780° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 April 2009 at 02:50 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 26 March 2009 at 16:06 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.
