Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 44% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 44% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 15 February 2020 at 22:17 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 is entering ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1919"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1919" and ∠1942".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2020 after 22 days on 9 March 2020 at 17:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 23 February 2020 at 15:32
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 2 March 2020 at 19:57
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 9 March 2020 at 17:48
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 16 March 2020 at 09:34
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 248 / 1201
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 248 of Meeus index or 1201 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.74 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 50 minutes. It is 6 minutes shorter 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 6 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 57 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠120.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠120.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠152.6°.
Moon after perigee
5 days after point of perigee on 10 February 2020 at 20:31 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 9 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 26 February 2020 at 11:35 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 373 493 km
The Moon is 373 493 km (232 078 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 9 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 277 km (252 449 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after ascending node on 6 February 2020 at 08:59 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 19 February 2020 at 00:12 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
10 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 before southern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 6 February 2020 at 16:10 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠23.268°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-23.319° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 February 2020 at 08:58 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 23 February 2020 at 15:32 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.
