Waning
Crescent ♉ Taurus
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 ♉ Taurus.
* The exact date and time of this Last Quarter phase is on 28 July 2024 at 02:51 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 ∠11° of ♉ Taurus tropical zodiac sector.
Apparent angular diameter ∠1952"
Lunar disc appears visually 3.2% wider than solar disc. Moon and Sun apparent angular diameters are ∠1952" and ∠1890".
Sturgeon Moon after 22 days
Next Full Moon is the Sturgeon Moon of August 2024 after 22 days on 19 August 2024 at 18:26.
Upcoming main Moon phases
- New Moon in Leo ♌ on 4 August 2024 at 11:13
- First Quarter in Scorpio ♏ on 12 August 2024 at 15:19
- Full Moon in Aquarius ♒ on 19 August 2024 at 18:26
- Last Quarter in Gemini ♊ on 26 August 2024 at 09:26
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 303 / 1256
The Moon is 22 days old. Earth's natural satellite is moving through the last part of current synodic month. This is lunation 303 of Meeus index or 1256 from Brown series.
Synodic month length 29.51 days
The length of the lunation is 29 days, 12 hours and 16 minutes. It is 2 hours and 27 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 28 minutes shorter than the mean synodic month length. It is 5 hours and 41 minutes longer compared to 21st century's shortest synodic month length.
Lunar orbit position on
True anomaly ∠93.2°
At the beginning of the lunation cycle the true anomaly is ∠93.2°. At the beginning of next synodic month the true anomaly is going to be ∠127.3°.
Moon after perigee
4 days after point of perigee on 24 July 2024 at 05:43 in ♓ Pisces. The lunar orbit is getting widen, while the Moon is moving away from the Earth. It will keep this direction over the next 11 days, until the Moon reaches the point of next apogee on 9 August 2024 at 01:32 in ♎ Libra.
Distance to Moon 367 289 km
The Moon is 367 289 km (228 223 mi) away from Earth and getting further over the next 11 days until the point apogee when Earth-Moon distance is going to be 405 298 km (251 841 mi).
Moon after ascending node
2 days after ascending node on 26 July 2024 at 05:33 in ♈ Aries. The Moon is located north of the ecliptic over the following 11 days, until the lunar orbit crosses from North to South in descending node on 9 August 2024 at 01:06 in ♎ Libra.
Draconic month
2 days since the beginning of current draconic month in ♈ Aries, the Moon is navigating from the beginning to the first part of the cycle.
Moon before northern standstill
9 days since the previous standstill on 19 July 2024 at 10:59 in ♑ Capricorn when the Moon has reached South declination of ∠-28.404°, the lunar orbit is extending northward over the next 3 days to face maximum declination of ∠28.455° at the point of next northern standstill on 1 August 2024 at 05:59 in ♋ Cancer.
Syzygy in 6 days
In 6 days on 4 August 2024 at 11:13 in ♌ Leo 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.
