Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 46% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 46% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 5 March 2070 at 02:11 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 ∠20° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1774"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.6% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1774" and ∠1934".
Worm Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2070 after 21 days on 26 March 2070 at 17:31.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 12 March 2070 at 15:52
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 19 March 2070 at 09:53
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 March 2070 at 17:31
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 April 2070 at 21:23
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 867 / 1820
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 867 of Meeus index or 1820 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.54 days
Length of current 867 lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 1 minute. It is 2 hours and 22 minutes longer than next lunation 868 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 16 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 6 hours and 47 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠282°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠282°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠312°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
1 day after point of apogee on 3 March 2070 at 22:21 in ♏ Scorpio. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 10 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 15 March 2070 at 17:55 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 404 000 km
Moon is 404 000 km (251 034 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 10 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 366 070 km (227 465 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after its ascending node on 1 March 2070 at 00:18 in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 9 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 14 March 2070 at 23:47 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
4 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 19:21 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-18.883°. Next 13 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠18.809° in its northern standstill point on 19 March 2070 at 00:13 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 12 March 2070 at 15:52 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.