Waning
Crescent ♑ Capricorn
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 ♑ Capricorn.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 20 March 2093 at 04:57 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 ∠4° of ♑ Capricorn tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1926".
Pink Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Pink Moon of April 2093 after 22 days on 11 April 2093 at 16:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aries ♈ on 27 March 2093 at 03:18
- First Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 3 April 2093 at 23:46
- Full Moon in Libra ♎ on 11 April 2093 at 16:35
- Last Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 18 April 2093 at 11:20
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 1152 / 2105
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 1152 of Meeus index or 2105 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
Length of current 1152 lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 12 minutes. It is 42 minutes shorter than next lunation 1153 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 32 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 37 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠43.9°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠43.9°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠73.1°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep increasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of apogee (∠180°).
Moon before perigee
13 days after point of apogee on 6 March 2093 at 14:56 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next day, until it get to the point of next perigee on 21 March 2093 at 10:04 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 363 312 km
Moon is 363 312 km (225 752 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next day until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 369 821 km (229 796 mi).
Moon before descending node
11 days after its ascending node on 9 March 2093 at 06:15 in ♌ Leo, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 22 March 2093 at 12:52 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
11 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♌ Leo, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in southern standstill
At 23:15 on this date the Moon is meeting its South standstill point, when it will reach southern declination of ∠-21.054°. Next 14 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite northward direction to face North declination of ∠21.174° in its northern standstill point on 3 April 2093 at 16:04 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 27 March 2093 at 03:18 in ♈ Aries, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.