Waning
Crescent ♒ Aquarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 50% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 50% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 23 April 2022 at 11:56 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 ∠3° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1958"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.6% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1958" and ∠1908".
Flower Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Flower Moon of May 2022 after 22 days on 16 May 2022 at 04:14.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 30 April 2022 at 20:28
- First Quarter in Leo ♌ on 9 May 2022 at 00:21
- Full Moon in Scorpio ♏ on 16 May 2022 at 04:14
- Last Quarter in Aquarius ♒ on 22 May 2022 at 18:43
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 275 / 1228
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 275 of Meeus index or 1228 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.59 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 14 hours and 4 minutes. It is 58 minutes shorter than the next lunation's length. The lengths of the following synodic months are going to increasing with the true anomaly getting closer to the value it has at the point of New Moon at apogee (∠180°).
Lunation length longer than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 1 hour and 20 minutes longer than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 43 minutes shorter compared to 21st century's longest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠89.8°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠89.8°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠126°.
Moon after perigee
3 days after point of perigee on 19 April 2022 at 15:16 in ♐ Sagittarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 12 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 5 May 2022 at 12:46 in ♋ Cancer.
Distance to Moon 366 152 km
The Moon is 366 152 km (227 516 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 12 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 287 km (251 834 mi).
Moon after descending node
4 days after descending node on 18 April 2022 at 14:01 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 8 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 1 May 2022 at 19:53 in ♉ Taurus.
Draconic month
18 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♉ Taurus, the Moon is navigating from the second to the final part of the cycle.
Moon after southern standstill
1 day since the previous standstill on 21 April 2022 at 17:41 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-26.937°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 12 days to face maximum declination of ∠26.967° at the point of next northern standstill on 5 May 2022 at 15:55 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 30 April 2022 at 20:28 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.
