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Moon ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 3% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 3% and getting smaller. The 27 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 11 March 2026 at 09:39.
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 ∠7° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1866"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1866" and ∠1928".
Pink Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2026 after 15 days on 2 April 2026 at 02:12.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 19 March 2026 at 01:23
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 25 March 2026 at 19:18
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 2 April 2026 at 02:12
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 10 April 2026 at 04:52
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 323 / 1276
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 323 of Meeus index or 1276 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 22 minutes. It is 2 hours and 54 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 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠276.3°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠276.3°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠307.9°.
Moon before apogee
6 days after point of apogee on 10 March 2026 at 13:43 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 22 March 2026 at 11:40 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 384 218 km
The Moon is 384 218 km (238 742 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 366 858 km (227 955 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♓ Pisces at 15:22 crossing the ecliptic from South to North to meet descending node 12 days later on 30 March 2026 at 11:34 in ♍ Virgo.
New draconic month
At 15:22 the Moon completes the previous draconic month and enters the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 11 March 2026 at 21:12 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.416°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.371° at the point of next northern standstill on 25 March 2026 at 04:46 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 19 March 2026 at 01:23 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.
