Waning
Crescent ♊ Gemini
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 43% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 43% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 9 August 2012 at 18:55 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is leaving the last ∠4° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector and will enter ♊ Gemini later.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1768"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.9% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1768" and ∠1893".
Sturgeon Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2012 after 21 days on 31 August 2012 at 13:58.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 17 August 2012 at 15:54
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 24 August 2012 at 13:54
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 31 August 2012 at 13:58
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 8 September 2012 at 13:15
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 155 / 1108
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 155 of Meeus index or 1108 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.48 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 30 minutes. It is 1 hour and 14 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 14 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 55 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠248.7°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠248.7°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠283.7°.
Moon at apogee
Moon is at apogee at 10:51. It is 12 days after previous perigee on 29 July 2012 at 08:30 in ♐ Sagittarius. Lunar orbit is going to narrow while the Moon is moving towards the Earth over the next 13 days, until point of next perigee on 23 August 2012 at 19:39 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 404 125 km
This apogee Moon is 404 125 km (251 112 mi) away from Earth. This is the year's closest apogee of 2012. It is 1 283 km further than the mean apogee distance, but it is still 74 km closer than the farthest apogee of 21st century.
Moon before descending node
13 days after ascending node on 28 July 2012 at 10:34 in ♐ Sagittarius. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following day, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 11 August 2012 at 00:04 in ♊ Gemini.
Draconic month
13 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♐ Sagittarius, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 29 July 2012 at 12:11 in ♐ Sagittarius when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-21.592°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next day to face maximum declination of ∠21.492° at the point of next northern standstill on 12 August 2012 at 09:47 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 17 August 2012 at 15:54 in ♌ Leo 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.
