Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 49% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 17 February 2028 at 08:08 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 ∠0° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1867"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1867" and ∠1942".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2028 after 22 days on 11 March 2028 at 01:06.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 25 February 2028 at 10:37
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 4 March 2028 at 09:02
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 11 March 2028 at 01:06
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 17 March 2028 at 23:23
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 347 / 1300
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 347 of Meeus index or 1300 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.81 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 19 hours and 25 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2028. It is 1 hour and 31 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 6 hours and 41 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 22 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠161.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠161.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠186.5°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 10 February 2028 at 19:53 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 24 February 2028 at 16:26 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 383 919 km
The Moon is 383 919 km (238 556 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 563 km (252 627 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 9 February 2028 at 08:56 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 22 February 2028 at 13:11 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 6 February 2028 at 12:59 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠26.601°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-26.565° at the point of next southern standstill on 19 February 2028 at 03:24 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 25 February 2028 at 10:37 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.
