Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 51% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 51% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 24 February 2060 at 15:06 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 ♐ Sagittarius
Moon is passing first ∠4° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1808"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1808" and ∠1939".
Worm Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2060 after 21 days on 17 March 2060 at 03:41.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 2 March 2060 at 16:11
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 9 March 2060 at 07:52
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 17 March 2060 at 03:41
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 25 March 2060 at 07:08
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 743 / 1696
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 743 of Meeus index or 1696 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 49 minutes. It is 1 hour and 23 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 55 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 14 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠323.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠323.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠342.5°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 20 February 2060 at 10:06 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 3 March 2060 at 16:59 in ♓ Pisces.
Distance to Moon 396 333 km
The Moon is 396 333 km (246 270 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 816 km (222 958 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 22 February 2060 at 12:39 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 10 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 6 March 2060 at 11:03 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
16 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 12 February 2060 at 09:28 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.319°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 2 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.445° at the point of next southern standstill on 27 February 2060 at 00:51 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 2 March 2060 at 16:11 in ♓ Pisces 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.
