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Lunar Standstill — 18.6-Year Nodal Cycle Status

Returns the current state of the 18.6-year lunar nodal cycle. Identifies Major Standstill (Moon reaches ±28.6° declination) and Minor Standstill (Moon limited to ±18.3°) epochs. The most recent Major Standstill is circa 2025.4. Pricing: 2 credits — a single point-in-time lookup.

get/calendar/astrology/lunar-standstill

Request

  • Base URL: https://api.openephemeris.com
  • URL: https://api.openephemeris.com/calendar/astrology/lunar-standstill
  • Auth: one of:
    • HTTP bearer
    • API key in header X-OpenEphemeris-API-Key
    • API key in header X-API-Key
    • API key in header X-Service-Key

Query parameters

datestring nullable

Date in YYYY-MM-DD format.

jdnumber double nullable

Julian Day.

Response

Nodal cycle status and next standstill dates

_metaobject required

Calculation metadata

yearinteger required

Year searched

Changes

No recorded changes to this operation across all 1 revision of this API.