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Moon ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 96% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 96% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 14 March 2019 at 10:27.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the afternoon and sets after midnight to early morning. It is visible to the southeast in early evening and it is up for most of the night.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠7° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1971"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1971" and ∠1927".
Worm Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2019 after 1 day on 21 March 2019 at 01:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 21 March 2019 at 01:43
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 28 March 2019 at 04:10
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 5 April 2019 at 08:50
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 12 April 2019 at 19:06
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 237 / 1190
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 237 of Meeus index or 1190 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.7 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 47 minutes. It is 2 hours and 52 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 4 hours and 2 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠200.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠200.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠228.7°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 19:47. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 4 March 2019 at 11:25 in ♒ Aquarius. 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 1 April 2019 at 00:14 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 359 381 km
This perigee Moon is 359 381 km (223 309 mi) away from Earth. It is 3 127 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 10 975 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 16 March 2019 at 16:22 in ♋ Cancer. 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 29 March 2019 at 13:08 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 15 March 2019 at 17:59 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠21.761°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-21.863° at the point of next southern standstill on 28 March 2019 at 13:02 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 21 March 2019 at 01:43 in ♎ Libra the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
