Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 49% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 21 March 2082 at 08:37 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 ♑ Capricorn
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1882"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.3% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1882" and ∠1926".
Pink Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2082 after 22 days on 13 April 2082 at 01:45.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 29 March 2082 at 09:05
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 6 April 2082 at 09:02
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 13 April 2082 at 01:45
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 19 April 2082 at 21:46
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 1016 / 1969
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1016 of Meeus index or 1969 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.76 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 18 hours and 16 minutes. This is the year's longest synodic month of 2082. It is 1 hour and 19 minutes longer 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 5 hours and 32 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 1 hour and 31 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠154.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠154.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠179.1°.
Moon after perigee
6 days after point of perigee on 15 March 2082 at 04:17 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 29 March 2082 at 11:30 in ♈ Aries.
Distance to Moon 380 895 km
The Moon is 380 895 km (236 677 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 7 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 406 577 km (252 635 mi).
Moon before ascending node
8 days after descending node on 13 March 2082 at 11:29 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 26 March 2082 at 13:54 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
22 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 20 March 2082 at 23:38 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.248°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 14 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.159° at the point of next northern standstill on 4 April 2082 at 18:02 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 29 March 2082 at 09:05 in ♈ Aries 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.
