Waning
Crescent ♈ Aries
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 52% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♈ Aries.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 7 July 2007 at 16:54 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 ♈ Aries
Moon is passing about ∠12° of ♈ Aries tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1969"
Lunar disc appears visually 4.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1969" and ∠1887".
Buck Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Buck Moon of July 2007 after 22 days on 30 July 2007 at 00:48.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Cancer ♋ on 14 July 2007 at 12:04
- First Quarter in Libra ♎ on 22 July 2007 at 06:29
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 30 July 2007 at 00:48
- Last Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 5 August 2007 at 21:20
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 92 / 1045
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 92 of Meeus index or 1045 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
Length of current 92 lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 51 minutes. It is 2 hours and 8 minutes shorter than next lunation 93 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 3 hours and 53 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 2 hours and 16 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠38.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠38.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠64.2°. 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
12 days after point of apogee on 24 June 2007 at 14:25 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 2 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 9 July 2007 at 21:38 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 364 087 km
Moon is 364 087 km (226 233 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 2 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 368 534 km (228 996 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after its ascending node on 5 July 2007 at 01:39 in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 18 July 2007 at 00:18 in ♍ Virgo.
Draconic month
2 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♓ Pisces, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
7 days after previous South standstill on 29 June 2007 at 15:41 in ♐ Sagittarius, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-28.215°. Next 5 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠28.251° in the next northern standstill on 12 July 2007 at 16:38 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 14 July 2007 at 12:04 in ♋ Cancer, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.