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Quarter* ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Crescent 39% illuminated
Waxing Crescent is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 39% and growing larger. The 6 days young Moon is in ♊ Gemini.
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Moon phase and lunation details
6 days after New Moon
Previous main lunar phase is the New Moon before 6 days on 16 March 2075 at 19:25.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the morning and sets in the evening. It is visible toward the southwest in early evening.
Moon in ♊ Gemini
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♊ Gemini tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 8.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1925".
Pink Moon after 8 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2075 after 8 days on 1 April 2075 at 08:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 24 March 2075 at 16:45
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 1 April 2075 at 08:45
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 8 April 2075 at 03:03
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 15 April 2075 at 08:55
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 930 / 1883
The Moon is 6 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the beginning to the first part of current synodic month. This is lunation 930 of Meeus index or 1883 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.56 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 13 hours and 31 minutes. It is 56 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 46 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 6 hours and 16 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠76.5°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠76.5°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠113.2°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 23:11. It is 13 days after previous perigee on 10 March 2075 at 13:32 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next perigee on 4 April 2075 at 22:38 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 404 257 km
This apogee Moon is 404 257 km (251 194 mi) away from Earth. It is 1 151 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 2 452 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before ascending node
11 days after descending node on 12 March 2075 at 03:46 in ♑ Capricorn. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 26 March 2075 at 01:58 in ♋ Cancer.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♋ Cancer, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 11 March 2075 at 10:20 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-22.019°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠22.138° at the point of next northern standstill on 25 March 2075 at 08:07 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 8 days
In 8 days on 1 April 2075 at 08:45 in ♎ Libra the Moon is going to be in a Full Moon geocentric opposition with the Sun and thus forming the next Sun-Earth-Moon syzygy alignment.
