Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
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 ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 25 February 2030 at 01:58 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 in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1966"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1966" and ∠1938".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2030 after 22 days on 19 March 2030 at 17:56.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 4 March 2030 at 06:35
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 12 March 2030 at 08:48
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 19 March 2030 at 17:56
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 26 March 2030 at 09:51
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 372 / 1325
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 372 of Meeus index or 1325 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.6 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 27 minutes. It is 1 hour and 1 minute shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 43 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 20 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠67.6°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠67.6°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠104.1°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 22 February 2030 at 10:01 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 10 March 2030 at 02:23 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 364 641 km
The Moon is 364 641 km (226 577 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 748 km (251 499 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 13 February 2030 at 04:07 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 26 February 2030 at 05:23 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 22:24 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-23.278°. Over the next 14 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠23.130° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 12 March 2030 at 01:51.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 4 March 2030 at 06:35 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.
