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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Crescent 2% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 2% and getting smaller. The 28 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 8 March 2037 at 19:25.
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 ∠9° of ♓ Pisces tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1929".
Worm Moon after 15 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2037 after 15 days on 31 March 2037 at 09:53.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 16 March 2037 at 23:36
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 March 2037 at 18:39
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 31 March 2037 at 09:53
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 7 April 2037 at 11:25
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 459 / 1412
The Moon is 28 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 459 of Meeus index or 1412 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.78 days
Length of current 459 lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 42 minutes. It is 2 hours and 11 minutes longer than next lunation 460 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 5 hours and 58 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 1 hour and 5 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠173.2°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠173.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠197.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon in apogee
Moon is reaching point of apogee on this date at 01:18, this is 13 days after last perigee on 1 March 2037 at 19:48 in ♍ Virgo. Lunar orbit is starting to get closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth for 14 days ahead, until it will get to the point of next perigee on 30 March 2037 at 06:31 in ♍ Virgo.
Distance to Moon 406 442 km
This apogee Moon is 406 442 km (252 551 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 034 km farther than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 267 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon after descending node
2 days after its descending node on 12 March 2037 at 19:15 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 27 March 2037 at 01:19 in ♌ Leo.
Draconic month
15 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 10 March 2037 at 14:37 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-20.688°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠20.814° in the next northern standstill on 25 March 2037 at 05:57 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 1 day
After 1 day on 16 March 2037 at 23:36 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.