Waning
Crescent ♌ Leo
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 46% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 46% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♌ Leo.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 20 October 2011 at 03:30 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 ♌ Leo
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♌ Leo tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1885"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.2% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1885" and ∠1927".
Beaver Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Beaver Moon of November 2011 after 21 days on 10 November 2011 at 20:16.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 26 October 2011 at 19:56
- First Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 2 November 2011 at 16:38
- Full Moon in Taurus ♉ on 10 November 2011 at 20:16
- Last Quarter in Leo ♌ on 18 November 2011 at 15:09
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 145 / 1098
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 145 of Meeus index or 1098 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.37 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 8 hours and 47 minutes. It is 1 hour and 27 minutes shorter 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 3 hours and 57 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 12 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠350.1°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠350.1°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠5.3°.
Moon before apogee
8 days after point of apogee on 12 October 2011 at 11:43 in ♈ Aries. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 6 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 26 October 2011 at 12:26 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 380 243 km
The Moon is 380 243 km (236 272 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 6 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 357 051 km (221 861 mi).
Moon after descending node
3 days after descending node on 16 October 2011 at 21:01 in ♊ Gemini. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 9 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 29 October 2011 at 14:59 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after northern standstill
3 days since the previous standstill on 17 October 2011 at 02:06 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠22.665°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 9 days to face maximum declination of ∠-22.609° at the point of next southern standstill on 29 October 2011 at 20:17 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 26 October 2011 at 19:56 in ♎ Libra 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.
