Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
Moon phase for
Image credit: NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio.
Last Quarter 49% illuminated
Last Quarter is the lunar phase on . Seen from Earth, illuminated fraction of the Moon surface is 49% and getting smaller. The 22 days old Moon is in ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 8 August 2023 at 10:28 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 ♉ Taurus
Moon is passing about ∠16° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1883"
Lunar disc appears visually 0.5% narrower than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1883" and ∠1892".
Sturgeon Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2023 after 22 days on 31 August 2023 at 01:35.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 16 August 2023 at 09:38
- First Quarter in Sagittarius ♐ on 24 August 2023 at 09:57
- Full Moon in Pisces ♓ on 31 August 2023 at 01:35
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 6 September 2023 at 22:21
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 291 / 1244
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 291 of Meeus index or 1244 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.63 days
Length of current 291 lunation is 29 days, 15 hours and 6 minutes. It is 56 minutes shorter than next lunation 292 length.
Lunation length longer than mean
Length of current synodic month is 2 hours and 22 minutes longer than the mean length of synodic month, but it is still 4 hours and 41 minutes shorter, compared to 21st century longest.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠155.7°
This New Moon true anomaly is ∠155.7°. At beginning of next synodic month true anomaly will be ∠179.2°. 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
6 days after point of perigee on 2 August 2023 at 05:52 in ♒ Aquarius. The lunar orbit is getting wider, while the Moon is moving outward the Earth. It will keep this direction for the next 7 days, until it get to the point of next apogee on 16 August 2023 at 11:55 in ♌ Leo.
Distance to Moon 380 660 km
Moon is 380 660 km (236 531 mi) away from Earth on this date. Moon moves farther next 7 days until apogee, when Earth-Moon distance will reach 406 635 km (252 671 mi).
Moon after ascending node
1 day after its ascending node on 7 August 2023 at 02:46 in ♈ Aries, the Moon is following the northern part of its orbit for the next 13 days, until it will cross the ecliptic from North to South in descending node on 21 August 2023 at 16:23 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
1 day after beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is moving from the beginning to the first part of it.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days after previous South standstill on 30 July 2023 at 11:13 in ♑ Capricorn, when Moon has reached southern declination of ∠-27.924°. Next 3 days the lunar orbit moves northward to face North declination of ∠27.981° in the next northern standstill on 12 August 2023 at 07:39 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 7 days
After 7 days on 16 August 2023 at 09:38 in ♌ Leo, the Moon will be in New Moon geocentric conjunction with the Sun and this alignment forms next Sun-Moon-Earth syzygy.