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Quarter* ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 43% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 43% and growing larger. The 7 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 22 February 2058 at 22:56.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon is entering ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1801"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1801" and ∠1936".
Worm Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2058 after 8 days on 10 March 2058 at 08:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 2 March 2058 at 05:10
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 10 March 2058 at 08:52
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 17 March 2058 at 15:56
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 24 March 2058 at 09:50
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 719 / 1672
The Moon is 7 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 719 of Meeus index or 1672 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 53 minutes. It is 46 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 51 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 18 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠28.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠28.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠50.9°.
Moon before perigee
8 days after point of perigee on 21 February 2058 at 06:06 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 3 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 5 March 2058 at 03:58 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 398 067 km
The Moon is 398 067 km (247 347 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 3 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 080 km (251 705 mi).
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 18 February 2058 at 00:21 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 2 March 2058 at 22:25 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
25 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
10 days since the previous standstill on 19 February 2058 at 08:23 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-24.665°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠24.758° at the point of next northern standstill on 4 March 2058 at 15:47 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 10 March 2058 at 08:52 in ♍ Virgo the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
