Waning
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
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Waning Crescent 9% illuminated
Waning Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 9% and getting smaller. The 26 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 5 days on 12 March 2053 at 10:21.
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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠24° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1812"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1812" and ∠1928".
Pink Moon after 16 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2053 after 16 days on 3 April 2053 at 06:22.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 20 March 2053 at 07:11
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 27 March 2053 at 04:50
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 3 April 2053 at 06:22
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 11 April 2053 at 06:04
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 657 / 1610
The Moon is 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final part of current synodic month. This is lunation 657 of Meeus index or 1610 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.61 days
Length of current 657 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 40 minutes. It is 3 hours and 3 minutes longer than next lunation 658 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 56 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 7 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠251.9°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠251.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠288°. 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 after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 12 March 2053 at 21:51 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 8 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 25 March 2053 at 21:13 in ♊ Gemini.
Distance to Moon 395 658 km
Moon is 395 658 km (245 850 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 8 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 681 km (229 709 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 5 March 2053 at 12:51 in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 19 March 2053 at 23:33 in ♓ Pisces.
Draconic month
11 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
4 days after previous South standstill on 13 March 2053 at 04:30 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-18.150°. Next 9 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠18.163° in the next northern standstill on 26 March 2053 at 19:19 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 days on 20 March 2053 at 07:11 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.