Waning
Crescent ♎ Libra
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 51% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 51% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♎ Libra.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 25 December 2013 at 13:48 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 ♎ Libra
Moon is passing first ∠3° of ♎ Libra tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1836"
Lunar disc appears visually 6.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1836" and ∠1951".
Wolf Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Wolf Moon of January 2014 after 21 days on 16 January 2014 at 04:52.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Capricorn ♑ on 1 January 2014 at 11:14
- First Quarter in Aries ♈ on 8 January 2014 at 03:39
- Full Moon in Cancer ♋ on 16 January 2014 at 04:52
- Last Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 24 January 2014 at 05:19
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 172 / 1125
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 172 of Meeus index or 1125 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.45 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 52 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2013. It is 28 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 52 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 4 hours and 17 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠336.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠336.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠353°.
Moon after apogee
5 days after point of apogee on 19 December 2013 at 23:49 in ♋ Cancer. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 7 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 1 January 2014 at 21:00 in ♑ Capricorn.
Distance to Moon 390 333 km
The Moon is 390 333 km (242 542 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 7 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 356 922 km (221 781 mi).
Moon before ascending node
12 days after descending node on 13 December 2013 at 10:10 in ♉ Taurus. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 28 December 2013 at 00:21 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
24 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♏ Scorpio, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days since the previous standstill on 17 December 2013 at 01:00 in ♊ Gemini when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠19.570°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 5 days to face maximum declination of ∠-19.537° at the point of next southern standstill on 31 December 2013 at 04:49 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 1 January 2014 at 11:14 in ♑ Capricorn 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.
