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Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waning Gibbous 59% illuminated
Waning Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 59% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after Full Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the Full Moon before 6 days on 28 February 2040 at 00:59.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the evening and sets in the morning. It is visible to the southwest and it is high in the sky after midnight.
Moon in ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing about ∠5° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1956"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.1% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1956" and ∠1934".
Snow Moon before 6 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2040 after 23 days on 28 March 2040 at 15:11.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 March 2040 at 07:19
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 13 March 2040 at 01:46
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 20 March 2040 at 17:59
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 28 March 2040 at 15:11
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 496 / 1449
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the middle to the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 496 of Meeus index or 1449 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.47 days
Length of current 496 lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 22 minutes. It is 52 minutes shorter than next lunation 497 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 22 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 47 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠30.1°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠30.1°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠53.5°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
11 days after point of apogee on 22 February 2040 at 15:18 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 4 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 9 March 2040 at 12:23 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 366 435 km
Moon is 366 435 km (227 692 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 4 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 367 227 km (228 184 mi).
Moon in descending node
Moon is in descending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 16:03 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from North to South. Moon will follow the southern part of its orbit for the next 13 days to meet ascending node on 18 March 2040 at 16:29 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
13 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
11 days after previous North standstill on 23 February 2040 at 04:38 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠25.645°. Next 2 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-25.776° in the next southern standstill on 7 March 2040 at 22:59 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 13 March 2040 at 01:46 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.