Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 47% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 20 March 2055 at 03:18 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 is entering ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1846"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1846" and ∠1926".
Pink Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2055 after 22 days on 11 April 2055 at 17:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 28 March 2055 at 07:01
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 5 April 2055 at 02:43
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 11 April 2055 at 17:58
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 18 April 2055 at 18:35
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 682 / 1635
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 682 of Meeus index or 1635 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.77 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 22 minutes. It is 2 hours and 6 minutes longer than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to decreasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 5 hours and 38 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 25 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠170.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠170.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠194.9°.
Moon before perigee
7 days after point of perigee on 13 March 2055 at 06:25 in ♍ Virgo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 26 March 2055 at 15:17 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 388 256 km
The Moon is 388 256 km (241 251 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 6 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 485 km (252 578 mi).
Moon before descending node
9 days after ascending node on 11 March 2055 at 03:26 in ♌ Leo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 3 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 24 March 2055 at 03:28 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
9 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 22:19 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-19.832°. Over the next 15 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠19.958° at the point of next standstill in ♋ Cancer on 4 April 2055 at 16:13.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 28 March 2055 at 07:01 in ♈ Aries the Moon is going to be in a New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy alignment.
