Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 38% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 38% and getting smaller. The 23 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
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Moon phase and lunation details
1 day after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 1 day on 7 March 2048 at 10:45.
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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠2° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1961"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.5% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1961" and ∠1932".
Worm Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2048 after 21 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 23 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final 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
3 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 12 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 20 March 2048 at 14:41 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 365 529 km
Moon is 365 529 km (227 129 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 12 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 637 km (251 430 mi).
Moon in ascending node
Moon is in ascending node in ♐ Sagittarius at 14:31 on this date, it crosses the ecliptic from South to North. Moon will follow the northern part of its orbit for the next 14 days to meet descending node on 22 March 2048 at 14:49 in ♊ Gemini.
New draconic month
At 14:31 on this date the Moon is completing its previous draconic month and is entering the new one.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day after previous South standstill on 7 March 2048 at 13:15 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-24.235°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠24.093° in the next northern standstill on 21 March 2048 at 12:10 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 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.