Waning
Crescent ♓ Pisces
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 51% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 51% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♒ Aquarius.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 12 May 2023 at 14:28 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 ♒ Aquarius
Moon is passing about ∠20° of ♒ Aquarius tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1972"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.8% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1972" and ∠1899".
Strawberry Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Strawberry Moon of June 2023 after 22 days on 4 June 2023 at 03:42.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Taurus ♉ on 19 May 2023 at 15:53
- First Quarter in Virgo ♍ on 27 May 2023 at 15:22
- Full Moon in Sagittarius ♐ on 4 June 2023 at 03:42
- Last Quarter in Pisces ♓ on 10 June 2023 at 19:31
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 288 / 1241
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 288 of Meeus index or 1241 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.49 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 11 hours and 41 minutes. It is 1 hour and 3 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 1 hour and 3 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 6 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠59.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠59.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠92.6°.
Moon after perigee
1 day after point of perigee on 11 May 2023 at 04:57 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 13 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 26 May 2023 at 01:39 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 363 395 km
The Moon is 363 395 km (225 803 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 13 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 404 510 km (251 351 mi).
Moon before ascending node
7 days after descending node on 4 May 2023 at 21:57 in ♎ Libra. The Moon is located south of the ecliptic over the following 5 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from South to North in ascending node on 17 May 2023 at 19:36 in ♈ Aries.
Draconic month
22 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
3 days since the previous standstill on 9 May 2023 at 09:01 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-27.937°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 10 days to face maximum declination of ∠27.903° at the point of next northern standstill on 22 May 2023 at 14:08 in ♊ Gemini.
Syzygy in 7 days
In 7 days on 19 May 2023 at 15:53 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.
