Waning
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 7% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 7% and getting smaller. The 27 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 15 March 2023 at 02:08.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is leaving the last ∠2° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♓ Pisces later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1967"
Lunar disc appears visually 2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1967" and ∠1927".
Pink Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2023 after 17 days on 6 April 2023 at 04:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 21 March 2023 at 17:23
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 29 March 2023 at 02:32
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 6 April 2023 at 04:35
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 April 2023 at 09:11
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 286 / 1239
The Moon is 27 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 286 of Meeus index or 1239 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 286 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 17 minutes. It is 32 minutes shorter than next lunation 287 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 27 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 42 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠15.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠15.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠34.1°. 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 in perigee
Moon is reaching point of perigee on this date at 15:16, this is 15 days after last apogee on 3 March 2023 at 18:01 in ♋ Cancer. Lunar orbit is starting to get wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth for 11 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next apogee on 31 March 2023 at 11:18 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 362 698 km
This perigee Moon is 362 698 km (225 370 mi) away from Earth. It is 190 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 7 658 km farther than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
8 days after its descending node on 11 March 2023 at 08:53 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 4 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 24 March 2023 at 02:08 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
22 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
3 days after previous South standstill on 15 March 2023 at 21:43 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.831°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.898° in the next northern standstill on 28 March 2023 at 21:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 21 March 2023 at 17:23 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.