Waning Crescent on

Moon phase on 14 March 2010 Sunday is Waning Crescent, 28 days old Moon is in Pisces.

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Lunar calendar 2010 | March 2010

Waning Crescent phase
Waning Crescent phase
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.

Waning Crescent 2% illuminated

Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 days old Moon is in ♓ Pisces.

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Moon phase and lunation details

6 days after Last Quarter

Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 6 days on 7 March 2010 at 15:42.

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 ♓ Pisces

Moon is passing about ∠9° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.

Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"

Lunar disc appears visually 8.4% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1930".

Worm Moon after 15 days

Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2010 after 15 days on 30 March 2010 at 02:25.

Upcoming main Moon phases

  • New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 15 March 2010 at 21:01
  • First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 23 March 2010 at 11:00
  • Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 30 March 2010 at 02:25
  • Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 6 April 2010 at 09:37

Moderate tide

There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.

Lunation 125 / 1078

The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 125 of Meeus index or 1078 from Brown series.

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Synodic month length 29.76 days

The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 10 minutes. It is 2 hours and 42 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 5 hours and 26 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 37 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.

Lunar orbit position on

True anomaly ∠188.9°

At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠188.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠215.2°.

Moon after apogee

2 days after point of apogee on 12 March 2010 at 10:07 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 28 March 2010 at 04:56 in ♍ Virgo.

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Distance to Moon 404 076 km

The Moon is 404 076 km (251 081 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 13 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 361 877 km (224 860 mi).

Moon after ascending node

4 days after ascending node on 10 March 2010 at 08:07 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 24 March 2010 at 13:05 in ♋ Cancer.

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Draconic month

4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.

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Moon after southern standstill

6 days since the previous standstill on 7 March 2010 at 21:18 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-25.566°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 8 days to face maximum declination of ∠25.420° at the point of next northern standstill on 22 March 2010 at 12:15 in ♊ Gemini.

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Syzygy in 1 day

In 1 day on 15 March 2010 at 21:01 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.

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