Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 52% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 8 March 2067 at 16:16 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 ∠16° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1947"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1947" and ∠1933".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2067 after 22 days on 30 March 2067 at 20:08.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 15 March 2067 at 08:29
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 22 March 2067 at 18:44
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 30 March 2067 at 20:08
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 6 April 2067 at 23:37
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 830 / 1783
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 830 of Meeus index or 1783 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.44 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 31 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2067. It is 24 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 2 hours and 13 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 56 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠18.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠18.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠37.6°.
Moon before apogee
11 days after point of apogee on 25 February 2067 at 01:39 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 4 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 13 March 2067 at 00:40 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 368 092 km
The Moon is 368 092 km (228 722 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 4 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 363 617 km (225 941 mi).
Moon before ascending node
13 days after descending node on 23 February 2067 at 01:40 in ♊ Gemini. 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 9 March 2067 at 05:33 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
26 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon at southern standstill
At 17:24 the Moon is meeting its standstill point to reach South declination of ∠-23.547°. Over the next 13 days the lunar orbit is going to extend northward to face maximum declination of ∠23.428° at the point of next standstill in ♊ Gemini on 21 March 2067 at 15:43.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 15 March 2067 at 08:29 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.
