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
4 days after Last Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the Last Quarter before 4 days on 7 March 2059 at 08:47.
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 ∠15° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1969"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.9% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1931".
Worm Moon after 17 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2059 after 17 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 26 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the second to the final 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
12 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 day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 13 March 2059 at 06:38 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 364 035 km
Moon is 364 035 km (226 201 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 357 773 km (222 310 mi).
Moon after descending node
5 days 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 7 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
20 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the second to the final part of it.
Moon after southern standstill
2 days after previous South standstill on 8 March 2059 at 23:34 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-26.323°. Next 10 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠26.421° in the next northern standstill on 21 March 2059 at 15:46 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 2 days
After 2 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.