Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 50% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 50% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 7 March 2048 at 10:45 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 ∠18° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1933".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2048 after 22 days on 30 March 2048 at 02:04.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 14 March 2048 at 14:28
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 22 March 2048 at 16:03
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 30 March 2048 at 02:04
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 5 April 2048 at 18:10
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 595 / 1548
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 595 of Meeus index or 1548 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.58 days
Length of current 595 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 56 minutes. It is 56 minutes shorter than next lunation 596 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 12 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 51 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠64.6°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠64.6°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠100.4°. 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 after perigee
2 days after point of perigee on 5 March 2048 at 02:21 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 20 March 2048 at 14:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 363 851 km
Moon is 363 851 km (226 087 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 637 km (251 430 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after its descending node on 24 February 2048 at 12:13 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next day, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 8 March 2048 at 14:31 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
25 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♑ Capricorn, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 13:15 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-24.235°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠24.093° in its northern standstill point on 21 March 2048 at 12:10 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 14 March 2048 at 14:28 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.