Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 45% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 45% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 17 March 2028 at 23:23 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1815"
Lunar disc appears visually 6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1815" and ∠1927".
Pink Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2028 after 21 days on 9 April 2028 at 10:27.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 26 March 2028 at 04:31
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 2 April 2028 at 19:15
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 9 April 2028 at 10:27
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 16 April 2028 at 16:37
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 348 / 1301
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 348 of Meeus index or 1301 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.75 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 54 minutes. It is 2 hours and 38 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 5 hours and 10 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 53 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠186.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠186.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠212.1°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 10 March 2028 at 08:23 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 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 22 March 2028 at 23:24 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 394 998 km
The Moon is 394 998 km (245 440 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 4 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 096 km (252 336 mi).
Moon before ascending node
10 days after descending node on 7 March 2028 at 18:06 in ♋ Cancer. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 20 March 2028 at 16:19 in ♑ Capricorn.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 17 March 2028 at 10:25 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.380°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 13 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.235° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 April 2028 at 03:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 26 March 2028 at 04:31 in ♈ Aries 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.
