Waning
Crescent ♐ Sagittarius
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 52% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 52% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♏ Scorpio.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 13 February 2023 at 16:01 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 ∠22° of ♏ Scorpio tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1903"
Lunar disc appears visually 2.1% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1903" and ∠1943".
Worm Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Worm Moon of March 2023 after 22 days on 7 March 2023 at 12:40.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Pisces ♓ on 20 February 2023 at 07:06
- First Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 27 February 2023 at 08:06
- Full Moon in Virgo ♍ on 7 March 2023 at 12:40
- Last Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 15 March 2023 at 02:08
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 285 / 1238
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 285 of Meeus index or 1238 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.43 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 10 hours and 13 minutes. This is the year's shortest synodic month of 2023. It is 4 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 shorter than mean
The length of the current synodic month is 2 hours and 31 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 3 hours and 38 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠360°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠360°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠15.6°.
Moon before apogee
9 days after point of apogee on 4 February 2023 at 08:55 in ♌ Leo. The lunar orbit is getting narrow, while the Moon is moving towards the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 5 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next perigee on 19 February 2023 at 09:06 in ♒ Aquarius.
Distance to Moon 376 705 km
The Moon is 376 705 km (234 074 mi) away from Earth and getting closer over the next 5 days until the point perigee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 358 267 km (222 617 mi).
Moon after descending node
1 day after descending node on 12 February 2023 at 07:31 in ♏ Scorpio. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 24 February 2023 at 18:56 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
15 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 before southern standstill
11 days since the previous standstill on 2 February 2023 at 08:18 in ♋ Cancer when the Moon has reached North declination of ∠27.511°, the lunar orbit is extending southward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠-27.629° at the point of next southern standstill on 16 February 2023 at 14:36 in ♐ Sagittarius.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 20 February 2023 at 07:06 in ♓ Pisces 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.
