Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 49% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 19 April 2017 at 09:57 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing first ∠1° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1808"
Lunar disc appears visually 5.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1808" and ∠1910".
Flower Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2017 after 21 days on 10 May 2017 at 21:43.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 26 April 2017 at 12:16
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 3 May 2017 at 02:47
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 10 May 2017 at 21:43
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 19 May 2017 at 00:33
Moderate tide
There is medium ocean tide on this date. Sun and Moon gravitational forces are not aligned, but meet at very acute angle, so their combined tidal force is moderate.
Lunation 213 / 1166
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 213 of Meeus index or 1166 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.39 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 9 hours and 19 minutes. It is 1 hour and 51 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 3 hours and 25 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 2 hours and 44 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠321.4°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠321.4°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠340.4°.
Moon after apogee
4 days after point of apogee on 15 April 2017 at 10:05 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 8 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 27 April 2017 at 16:18 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 396 400 km
The Moon is 396 400 km (246 312 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 8 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 359 325 km (223 274 mi).
Moon before descending node
12 days after ascending node on 7 April 2017 at 09:14 in ♍ Virgo. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 2 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 21 April 2017 at 22:30 in ♒ Aquarius.
Draconic month
12 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♍ Virgo, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 17 April 2017 at 13:12 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-19.095°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 11 days to face maximum declination of ∠19.187° at the point of next northern standstill on 30 April 2017 at 13:33 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 26 April 2017 at 12:16 in ♉ Taurus 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.
