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Moon ♍ Virgo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Waxing Gibbous 97% illuminated
Waxing Gibbous is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 97% and growing larger. The 13 days young Moon is in ♍ Virgo.
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Moon phase and lunation details
5 days after First Quarter
Previous main lunar phase is the First Quarter before 5 days on 18 March 2081 at 09:27.
Moonrise and moonset
Moon rises in the afternoon and sets after midnight to early morning. It is visible to the southeast in early evening and it is up for most of the night.
Moon in ♍ Virgo
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♍ Virgo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1970"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1970" and ∠1924".
Worm Moon after 1 day
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2081 after 1 day on 25 March 2081 at 00:29.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 25 March 2081 at 00:29
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 1 April 2081 at 03:35
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 9 April 2081 at 08:15
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 16 April 2081 at 17:31
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 1004 / 1957
The Moon is 13 days young. Earth's natural satellite is moving from the first to the middle part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1004 of Meeus index or 1957 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 16 hours and 58 minutes. It is 3 hours and 4 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 longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 4 hours and 14 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 49 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠202.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠202.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠231.2°.
Moon at perigee
Moon is at perigee at 16:38. It is 15 days after previous apogee on 8 March 2081 at 06:10 in ♒ Aquarius. Lunar orbit is going to widen while the Moon is moving away from the Earth over the next 12 days, until point of next apogee on 4 April 2081 at 19:49 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 359 723 km
This perigee Moon is 359 723 km (223 522 mi) away from Earth. It is 2 785 km closer than the mean perigee distance, but it is still 10 633 km further than the closest perigee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 10 March 2081 at 22:30 in ♓ Pisces. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 24 March 2081 at 07:17 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
5 days since the previous standstill on 18 March 2081 at 10:34 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠28.673°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 7 days to face maximum declination of ∠-28.653° at the point of next southern standstill on 31 March 2081 at 02:35 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 1 day
In 1 day on 25 March 2081 at 00:29 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.
