Waning
Crescent ♏ Scorpio
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 53% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 53% and getting smaller. The 21 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 4 February 2021 at 17:37 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 ♏ Scorpio
Moon is passing about ∠13° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1973"
Lunar disc appears visually 1.4% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1973" and ∠1946".
Snow Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Snow Moon of February 2021 after 22 days on 27 February 2021 at 08:17.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 11 February 2021 at 19:06
- First Quarter in Taurus ♉ on 19 February 2021 at 18:47
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 27 February 2021 at 08:17
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 6 March 2021 at 01:30
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 260 / 1213
The Moon is 21 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 260 of Meeus index or 1213 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
Length of current 260 lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 5 minutes. It is 1 hour and 10 minutes shorter than next lunation 261 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 1 hour and 21 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 5 hours and 42 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠53.8°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠53.8°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠87°. 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 after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 3 February 2021 at 19:33 in ♎ Libra. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 13 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 18 February 2021 at 10:22 in ♉ Taurus.
Distance to Moon 363 299 km
Moon is 363 299 km (225 744 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 13 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 404 467 km (251 324 mi).
Moon before descending node
10 days after its ascending node on 24 January 2021 at 21:47 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 2 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 7 February 2021 at 00:29 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Draconic month
10 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before southern standstill
8 days after previous North standstill on 26 January 2021 at 15:39 in ♋ Cancer, when Moon has reached northern declination of ∠24.898°. Next 4 days the lunar orbit moves southward to face South declination of ∠-24.953° in the next southern standstill on 8 February 2021 at 15:34 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 11 February 2021 at 19:06 in ♒ Aquarius, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.