Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 48% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 48% 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 2059 at 08:47 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 ∠19° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1901"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.7% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1901" and ∠1933".
Worm Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2059 after 21 days on 29 March 2059 at 03:47.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 14 March 2059 at 00:05
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 20 March 2059 at 23:30
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 29 March 2059 at 03:47
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 5 April 2059 at 18:46
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 731 / 1684
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 731 of Meeus index or 1684 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.4 days
Length of current 731 lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 38 minutes. It is 15 minutes longer than next lunation 732 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 6 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 3 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠357°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠357°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠12.4°. 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 before perigee
8 days after point of apogee on 26 February 2059 at 13:16 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 5 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 13 March 2059 at 06:38 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 377 111 km
Moon is 377 111 km (234 326 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 5 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 773 km (222 310 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after its descending node on 6 March 2059 at 00:53 in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is following the southern part of its orbit for the next 11 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from South to North in ascending node on 18 March 2059 at 12:04 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
16 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
13 days after previous North standstill on 22 February 2059 at 09:40 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠26.179°. Next day the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-26.323° in the next southern standstill on 8 March 2059 at 23:34 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 14 March 2059 at 00:05 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.