Waning
Crescent ♋ Cancer
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 ♋ Cancer.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 29 September 2021 at 01:57 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 in ♋ Cancer
Moon is passing about ∠11° of ♋ Cancer tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1785"
Lunar disc appears visually 7.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1785" and ∠1916".
Hunter Moon after 21 days
Next Full Moon is the Hunter Moon of October 2021 after 21 days on 20 October 2021 at 14:57.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Libra ♎ on 6 October 2021 at 11:05
- First Quarter in Capricorn ♑ on 13 October 2021 at 03:25
- Full Moon in Aries ♈ on 20 October 2021 at 14:57
- Last Quarter in Cancer ♋ on 28 October 2021 at 20:05
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 268 / 1221
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 268 of Meeus index or 1221 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
Length of current 268 lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 14 minutes. It is 5 minutes longer than next lunation 269 length.
Lunation length shorter than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 30 minutes shorter than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 3 hours and 39 minutes longer, compared to 21st century shortest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠297.8°
This lunation true anomaly is ∠297.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠323.3°. The length of upcoming synodic months will keep decreasing since the true anomaly gets closer to the value of New Moon at point of perigee (∠0° or ∠360°).
Moon after apogee
2 days after point of apogee on 26 September 2021 at 21:44 in ♊ Gemini. The lunar orbit is getting closer, while the Moon is moving inward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 9 days, until it get to the point of next perigee on 8 October 2021 at 17:28 in ♏ Scorpio.
Distance to Moon 401 641 km
Moon is 401 641 km (249 568 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves closer next 9 days until perigee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 363 388 km (225 799 mi).
Moon after ascending node
3 days after its ascending node on 26 September 2021 at 07:33 in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 10 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 9 October 2021 at 19:35 in ♏ Scorpio.
Draconic month
3 days after beginning of current draconic month in ♊ Gemini, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon in northern standstill
At 08:26 on this date the Moon is meeting its North standstill point, when it will reach northern declination of ∠26.109°. Next 12 days the lunar orbit will move in opposite southward direction to face South declination of ∠-26.204° in its southern standstill point on 12 October 2021 at 09:09 in ♑ Capricorn.
Syzygy in 6 days
After 6 days on 6 October 2021 at 11:05 in ♎ Libra, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.