Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 47% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 47% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♐ Sagittarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 4 March 2089 at 05:05 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 ∠18° of ♐ Sagittarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1785"
Lunar disc appears visually 8% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1785" and ∠1934".
Worm Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2089 after 21 days on 26 March 2089 at 09:20.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 12 March 2089 at 08:24
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 19 March 2089 at 15:30
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 March 2089 at 09:20
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 3 April 2089 at 00:36
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 1102 / 2055
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1102 of Meeus index or 2055 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.71 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 17 hours and 8 minutes. It is 2 hours and 46 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 24 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 39 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠211.9°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠211.9°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠244.3°.
Moon before perigee
9 days after point of perigee on 23 February 2089 at 04:43 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 2 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 7 March 2089 at 02:34 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 401 495 km
The Moon is 401 495 km (249 477 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 2 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 275 km (251 826 mi).
Moon after ascending node
4 days after ascending node on 27 February 2089 at 20:38 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 14 March 2089 at 09:03 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
4 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♎ Libra, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
12 days since the previous standstill on 20 February 2089 at 01:51 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠18.626°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠-18.545° at the point of next southern standstill on 5 March 2089 at 03:03 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 12 March 2089 at 08:24 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.
