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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 98% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 98% 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 21 March 2021 at 14:40.
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 ∠19° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1925"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1925" and ∠1922".
Worm Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2021 after 1 day on 28 March 2021 at 18:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 28 March 2021 at 18:48
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 4 April 2021 at 10:02
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 12 April 2021 at 02:31
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 20 April 2021 at 06:59
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 262 / 1215
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 262 of Meeus index or 1215 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.67 days
Length of current 262 lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 10 minutes. It is 19 minutes shorter than next lunation 263 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 26 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 37 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠124.3°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠124.3°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠154.8°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of apogee on 18 March 2021 at 05:04 in ♉ Taurus. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 30 March 2021 at 06:12 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 372 388 km
Moon is 372 388 km (231 391 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 360 311 km (223 887 mi).
Moon before descending node
7 days after its ascending node on 20 March 2021 at 03:31 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 5 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 2 April 2021 at 02:41 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
7 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days after previous North standstill on 22 March 2021 at 08:35 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.307°. Next 7 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.412° in the next southern standstill on 4 April 2021 at 02:08 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 28 March 2021 at 18:48 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy.